SEATTLE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed recreational and non-tribal commercial salmon fishing in Puget Sound, after the state and tribes failed to come to an agreement ...

All recreational and non-tribal commercial salmon fishing in Puget Sound has been closed since May 1, after failed negotiations between the state and Puget Sound tribes over annual catch limits.

With the failure of the state and treaty tribes to reach an agreement on fishing seasons, salmon fishing in Puget Sound will close Sunday. Jeffrey P. Mayor Staff file, 2008 With salmon fishing in ...

SEATTLE - It's time to go fishing.Wildlife officials said Puget Sound area fisheries, which were closed because of an impasse during state-tribal negotiations, will open immediately.Salmon and ...

Puget Sound cohos are still no-shows, for the most part. "The town is full, campgrounds full, moorage full, but the fishing is slow," said Chris Mohr, proprietor of Van Riper's Resort at Sekiu on ...

Salmon fishing remains the top choice off the coast, and from Sekiu in the Strait of Juan de Fuca clear into Puget Sound. Heavy water flows in many rivers have ...

Lost and abandoned fishing nets, which have killed millions of sea creatures in Puget Sound, still lurk in deeper, darker waters, where they continue to catch fish and crabs.

Southern Puget Sound south of the Narrows Bridge is open for salmon through June 30. San Juan Islands are closed for salmon. Coastal bottom-fishing is very good for black rockfish and lingcod.

The October 2017 incident casts light on an ongoing disagreement over who has rights to harvest fish in the Puget Sound, leading back to different interpretations of a passage in the middle of the ...

Salmon fishing in the ocean off Washington is plugging along in unspectacular fashion, but Puget Sound anglers don't have to travel far to find fish. King salmon are being taken at decent rates ...

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed recreational and non-tribal commercial salmon fishing in Puget Sound, after the state and tribes failed to come to an agreement over annual ...

As negotiations continue, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife temporarily closed recreational and non-tribal commercial salmon fishing in Puget Sound this month after the state and ...