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 (WDFW) announced plans today for the 2025 halibut fishing season, which will ...

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

Proposed changes for both the coastal and Puget Sound commercial crab fisheries include prohibiting the use of line marks or colors required in another commercial fishery for the commercial crab ...

Approximately 11,000 crab pots are lost in Puget Sound every year. Most of the loss comes from recreational use and user errors. As the derelict pots still capture crabs after being abandoned in ...