and limiting surface gear length and the number of buoys allowed. Proposed changes for both the coastal and Puget Sound commercial crab fisheries include prohibiting the use of line marks or ...

Since first bringing its products to market three years ago, Vallation Outerwear in Poulsbo, Washington, has steadily grown ...

Approximately 11,000 crab pots are lost in Puget Sound every year ... Morgan said. "We remove gear with divers, and our maximum safety depth for working with divers is 100 feet and Hood Canal ...

While some areas of Puget Sound have or will reopen for a winter crab season, people who want to catch crab in the South Sound will have to wait. Shellfish managers from the state Department of ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will host an online meeting on March 4 to discuss proposed fishing restrictions near state ferry terminals.