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

In a dark fish tank at a government-run lab, a bright sea snail scuttles out from its hiding place. ... Pinto abalone poaching in Puget Sound was rampant in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s.

MUKILTEO, Wash. – In a dark fish tank at a government-run lab, ... Pinto abalone poaching in Puget Sound was rampant in the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s.

Every day, thousands of pounds of geoducks extracted from the floor of Puget Sound get loaded onto airplanes and shipped across the world, where the delicacy commands a high price. The prized clam ...

In Washington state, clams, oysters and mussels are being poached from the Puget Sound and sold for thousands of dollars. The most in-demand of these is the geoduck, which can sell for $150 a pound.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- Two Tulalip tribal members are accused of poaching possibly thousands of crab from Puget Sound.The two men were arrested after selling the crab at a Marysville nail salon ...

Midnight Patrol. It’s past 11 p.m. on a rainy January in Puget Sound. Clouds blot out the moon and the stars, making it nearly impossible to tell where the sky ends and the water begins.

The state and tribal Puget Sound Dungeness crab fisheries landed a total of 11.8 ... Popular bait includes fish carcasses and ... Poaching crabs by pulling another angler’s crab pot ...

NOAA, in an analysis of the Puget Sound's fish-farming facilities, claims they are not likely to be the single cause of the extinction of Chinook salmon.

Here's what that could mean for Puget Sound in the long run. Puget Sound fish carrying fewer parasites — and that’s not a good thing | Northwest | yakimaherald.com Skip to main content ...

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has observers wondering if the trend has returned.

SEATTLE — No more Cooke Aquaculture fish farms in Puget Sound. That’s the message the state Department of Natural Resources delivered Monday morning when the agency decided not to renew the ...