The federal government may seek to widen fishing restrictions in Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia in coming years to protect three bug-eyed, deep-water fish species once considered staples of the ...

In hindsight it seems almost predictable. After federal Judge George Boldt in his landmark decision in the 1970s awarded area tribes half the region’s catch of salmon, state leaders sought to appease ...

Add five types of rockfish from local waters to the species being studied for possible listing as threatened or endangered. Bocaccio, yelloweye, redstripe, greenstripe and canary rockfish populations ...

New genetic information has changed the listing status for one Puget Sound rockfish and changed the boundary descriptions for others. (CN) – The National Marine Fisheries Service has removed a ...

SEATTLE — The National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to designate almost 1,200 square miles of Puget Sound as critical habitat for three species of endangered rockfish. The habitat protection ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Marine Fisheries Service has listed two Puget Sound rockfish as threatened and one as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The threatened yelloweye rockfish and ...

SEATTLE — The National Marine Fisheries Service is set to designate about 1,000 square miles in Puget Sound as critical habitat for three species of imperiled rockfish. The habitat protection follows ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service over the agency’s failure to protect habitat for endangered rockfish in ...

Western Washington was hit with major flooding after multiple atmospheric rivers this week. by Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Federal biologists have removed a species of Puget Sound rockfish from ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposed to protect 1,700 square miles of habitat in Puget Sound for endangered rockfish. Often brightly colored and capable of living more ...

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because ...