In August 2006, the decade's worst red tide - an algal bloom that can be deadly to fish, turtles, sea mammals, and humans - hit Puget Sound in Washington State and shut down shellfish beds all along ...

Orca Conservancy, a local advocacy group, has long supported the ban, citing concerns over pollution, algae blooms, and the depletion of salmon, the sole food source for Puget Sound’s endangered ...