Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

HOSTILE WATERS, Part 3: Twin monarchs of the Pacific Northwest, chinook salmon and southern resident orcas, are struggling for survival after a century of habitat losses. From the Pacific to the ...

One place in northern Puget Sound where salmon fishing will remain open is the Edmonds Public Fishing Pier.

As the number of endangered southern resident orca whales continues to decline and threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon remain imperiled, officials say the need to save the two species is ...

Overall, chinook salmon runs in Puget Sound are down between 20 and 25 percent from last year, and coho salmon also are expected to return in low numbers this year, said John Long, WDFW’s ...

A: The state and tribes need a federal permit in order to set the salmon fishing season in Puget Sound, because chinook salmon is protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Reconnecting estuaries — the place where fresh and salt water meet — is an effort largely led by Washington’s tribes and backed by local and state leaders.

The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.

The state and tribes need a federal permit in order to set the salmon fishing season in Puget Sound, because chinook salmon is protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Twin monarchs of the Pacific Northwest, chinook salmon and southern resident orcas, are struggling for survival after a century of habitat losses.

Each tow of the net revealed a changing world for chinook salmon, the Pacific Northwest’s most famous fish – and the most important prey for the killer whales that frequent Puget Sound.