BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - On opening day of the shrimp season on Hood Canal, nearly 1,500 boats went out. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department estimates they came back with 22,000 pounds of spot ...

Recent testing of mussels revealed the presence of a naturally occurring marine biotoxin called diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, or DSP, which can make you sick and can even be life threatening. The ...

Windy weather and swift currents prompted dozens of emergency calls in Hood Canal on June 17, leading to multiple marine rescues during the spot shrimp fishery opener, according to Washington ...

The Washington State Department of Health warned against harvesting shellfish along the Washington coast until further notice, after unsafe levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) were detected.

PENALTIES FOR POACHING spot shrimp are pretty light in our state. At least, that’s the takeaway after a recent court case in Jefferson County. Jefferson County District Court Judge Mindy Walker ...

Washington clammers may not dig this news. WDFW is taking comment on a proposal that would chop the geoduck daily limit sharply, increase the minimum size for cockle clams, shorten seasons at two ...

Fishing will be free in Washington state — no license required for most types of fish — for one weekend in June. Washington state Fish and Wildlife has two days of free fishing each year on the first ...