PUGET SOUND — Pursuing Dungeness crab is a fun summertime activity whether you’re setting a pot from a pier or boat or wading along a beachfront with dip net in hand. To boost the excitement ...

The northern Puget Sound hatchery chinook fishery opened with very good catches last Thursday, but as the days rolled on the success rate dropped although effort increased through the weekend ...

Marine Area 10 has been closed since the summer crab fishing season ended in early September. Unlike on Washington's coast, marine toxins have not been an issue in Puget Sound crab.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Five areas of the Puget Sound are opening in June for recreational crab fishing.

David Hyde talks Puget Sound crabbing with Landgon Cook on the first day of the season.

Puget Sound crabbers are required to record their harvest of Dungeness crab on their catch record cards immediately after retaining the crab and before re-deploying the trap.

OLYMPIA — All Puget Sound marine areas are now closed to recreational crab fishing, and sport crabbers have until Feb. 1 to report their results for the winter season.

Forget fishing for salmon. Puget Sound crab pots are so passé. Squid is in. For the first time in a couple decades, officials have tested squid in Puget Sound for metals and other contaminants ...

The recreational crab fishing season in Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) will reopen for the month of December, joining the rest of Puget Sound already open to late-season crabbing.

Fishermen in most areas of Puget Sound, including Olympia and Tacoma, will be able to catch crab through Monday when the summer season closes. KEVIN CLARK AP file, 2011 Recreational crabbing in ...

State biologists say the crab population on Washington's inland marine waters has surged over the past five years, annually producing a total catch of about 6 million pounds, and remains healthy.

SEATTLE -- Forget fishing for salmon. Puget Sound crab pots are so passé. Squid is in. For the first time in a couple decades, officials have tested squid in Puget Sound for metals and other ...