Salish Sea

Only 12 commercial fishing captains hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest, out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The remaining practitioners of the traditional Indigenous fishing method say the gear should be the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks.

A special group of gray whales, known locally as "the Sounders," takes an annual detour from their coastal migration to feed on ghost shrimp in the tidelands of Puget Sound. Normally they start showing up in March but for the past two years they have been arriving early and growing in number.

The Seattle Aquarium attracts visitors from all over to the city’s central waterfront. Perched on Pier 60, it has a commanding view of Elliott Bay. It’s also an ideal place to study the tiny bits of plastic that wind up in the water and threaten marine wildlife.

Underwater noise is one of the threats to Puget Sound’s endangered southern resident killer whales. King County has just deployed a new tool in the efforts to address that.

Federal scientists have a few more clues about the lone beluga whale that was seen at various points around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea last month.

There’s good news – and some concerning news – about the endangered southern resident killer whales that were missing from the Salish Sea.All three…

It’s peak season for whale watching in the Salish Sea. But the iconic southern resident killer whales that for decades spent their summers here have been…

A celebration of Earth Day in honor of the Salish Sea took aim at the Port of Seattle Thursday. Representatives of several groups, including 350.org and…

Washington has been stepping up systems to prevent and reduce the risk of oil spills, due in part to the looming expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain…

Earlier this summer, the Lummi Nation came to Seattle and launched a campaign to protect and revitalize the Salish Sea. The tribe is based near…