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Two boats on the water at sunrise off Sekiu.
Photo by Chase Gunnell

Winter Chinook fishery opens four days a week in Marine Areas 10 and 11 starting April 2; Marine Area 5 opens April 14

News release | Feb. 13, 2025
Several boats in a line fishing in Puget Sound.
Photo by WDFW

WDFW invites public participation in annual salmon season-setting process

News release | Feb. 11, 2025
Humpback whale fishing the Columbia River mouth
Photo by Michael Lockleer

WDFW proposes commercial crab rule changes to address marine life entanglements

News release | Feb. 6, 2025
Juvenile hatchery steelhead being planted in Rock Lake

Hatchery program changes lead to steelhead planted in Rock Lake

Blog post | Feb. 6, 2025
Close up of the back of a horse's head with a trail and frozen landscape in the background.
Photo by Cassie Strickland

WDFW’s mounted patrol

Blog post | Feb. 4, 2025
21 one-gallon bags filled with zebra mussels stacked in a row 4 side and 5 high. One row has 6. They are between two standard orange traffic cones.
Photo by WDFW

Invasive mussel infested tugboats intercepted in Spokane

Blog post | Jan. 22, 2025
A hand holding a steelhead in the water.
Photo by Matthew Duce

Steelhead fishery to open Feb. 1 on Skagit and Sauk rivers

News release | Jan. 21, 2025
Twp people holding a shrimp pot full of shrimp.
Photo by Eric Winther

WDFW seeks applicants for Puget Sound Recreational Crab and Shrimp Advisory Committee

News release | Jan. 16, 2025
Brant goose standing in tidelands

Hunting for brant geese to open in Clallam, Pacific, and Whatcom counties; will remain closed in Skagit County

News release | Jan. 14, 2025
Winter crabbing in Puget Sound
Photo by Claire Young

Puget Sound winter crab catch record cards due Feb. 1

News release | Jan. 9, 2025
A pod of orca including a juvenile.
Photo by Dante Aubert

Boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident killer whales under expanded rules in Washington waters

News release | Dec. 30, 2024
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Director’s Bulletin | Nov./Dec. 2024

Director's bulletin | Dec. 23, 2024