The recreational shrimp fishing season in Puget Sound will open in late May for 2023. Alan Berner Seattle Times file The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this year’s timeline ...

OLYMPIA — Many Puget Sound marine areas open for recreational spot shrimp fishing beginning May 25, including the reopening of Elliott Bay for the 2023 season. Hood Canal and Discovery Bay, meanwhile, ...

Marine Area 12 – Hood Canal Shrimp District Open May 26, June 9, June 11, June 24 and June 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marine Area 13 – South Puget Sound and Carr Inlet ...

This Halloween individuals may see ghosts and skeletons on the streets, but within the waters of the Puget Sound exists a spooky and translucent critter–the ghost shrimp. Ghost shrimp are about ...

Marine Area 13 – South Puget Sound and Carr Inlet Non-spot shrimp fishing is available through Oct. 15 with a maximum depth of 200 feet. Marine Area 12 has met its quota for the season and won ...

A beloved whale ditched his migration to Mexico and went to Washington’s Puget Sound months early to snack on shrimp, a whale group said. Little Patch was spotted and identified Dec. 11 in the ...

Little Patch, a gray whale known for arriving early to Puget Sound to feed on shrimp, has once again returned several months before the other whales. Orca Network Whale Sighting Network staff ...

LANGLEY, Wash. — More gray whales have been returning to the Puget Sound region every spring and now whale researchers are asking for the public's help in naming them. The Sounders are a group ...

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

Marine Area 13 – South Puget Sound and Carr Inlet Non-spot shrimp fishing is available through Oct. 15 with a maximum depth of 200 feet. Marine Area 12 has met its quota for the season and won ...