This month, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will be reaching out to Dungeness crabbers who harvested crab in select Puget Sound marine areas during the 2025 season with a brief, ...

Managing wildlife populations and wildlife / human conflicts presents many different challenges. As the state moves forward and confronts these challenges, the Washington Department of Fish and ...

Image Photo by Alex BiswasPhoto by Alex Biswas These updates reflect changes to the Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet. Rules found in the Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet are in effect unless ...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a virtual meeting on Dec. 12 to hear public comment and decide on a suite of proposed land transactions and whether to classify the island marble ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today that its new MyWDFW mobile application is now available for free download in the Google Play and Apple app stores.

Operations to capture and radio-collar adult female elk in the Blue Mountains start this month to better understand factors affecting the population growth rate of elk in the area. The effort will ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) fishery managers today announced regulations for the state’s 2025-26 coastal steelhead season. Most major steelhead fishing areas are scheduled to be ...

Smelt fishing is closed under permanent regulations. The southern distinct population segment of (DPS) of eulachon, commonly known as “Columbia River smelt,” supports a popular recreational dip-net ...

Marine Area 6 is located between Low Point to the west and Point Partridge and Point Wilson to the east, primarily within the Strait of Juan de Fuca and to the west side of Whidbey Island. Excellent ...

Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) is located south of Partridge Point to Point Wilson, south and west of a line from Possession Point to shipwreck, north of Hood Canal Bridge and north of Apple Cove ...

Marine Area 5 is located on the Olympic Peninsula between the mouth of the Sekiu River to the west and Low Point (mouth of the Lyre River) to the east, south of the U.S./Canada border within the ...

Fishing & Shellfishing Places to go fishing Marine Areas Marine Area 7 - San Juan Islands ...