Salmon

Animals

'Sometimes you only get one shot.' Restoring salmon habitat and rejuvenating a South Seattle beach

Logs are being adjusted and plans are in place for floating gardens to be deployed into the cove of Be’er Sheva Park in South Seattle. The goal is to bolster fish habitat as part of a larger project to rejuvenate a Lake Washington beach that serves historically Black and diverse neighborhoods.

Food

Is that piece of salmon on your plate actually wild or is it farmed?

Salmon is part of the Pacific Northwest’s culture and diet. Wild-caught salmon are prized, and they cost more. It’s one reason Washington lawmakers passed legislation in 2013 making it unlawful to knowingly mislabel seafood. The law also requires sellers to provide information whether salmon being sold is wild-caught or farm-raised.

Environment

Too much cyanide in Puget Sound? EPA to review state regulations

Federal officials have agreed to take another look at how Washington state regulates a deadly poison — cyanide.

Environment

Northwest tribes' salmon hatcheries get $240 million federal boost

West Coast tribes are getting nearly $240 million from the federal government to improve their salmon hatcheries.

Environment

Salmon-spilling company ends fight to resume farming at Puget Sound sites

The company behind a massive spill of Atlantic salmon in 2017 has thrown in the towel on its efforts to keep farming fish at two locations in Puget Sound.

Tribes, governments sign historic agreement that's a 'path forward' for salmon, dams

After decades of fighting to protect salmon and steelhead, Northwest tribal leaders signed a historic agreement with state and federal officials – the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative.

Historic agreement seen as a harbinger to Snake River dam removal

After decades of courtroom drama, a document leak and years of negotiation, federal officials agreed with six Northwest tribes to restore salmon, build-up clean energy and begin studying how to replace services the Lower Snake River dams provide.

Environment

Salmon, rivers hit hard by recent Washington floods

The atmospheric river that hit the Pacific Northwest in early December took a heavy toll on salmon, biologists working with Puget Sound tribes say.

Environment

Okanagan River salmon eyed for endangered-species protection

A fisheries agency is asking for public input on whether to list a salmon from the Columbia River Basin as an endangered species.