The Southern Resident orca population has dropped to just 74 individuals. The Southern Resident Orca Task Force aims to increase it to 84 over the next decade. ... Scientists see another possible ...

Biologists expect a record number of pink salmon to return to Puget Sound and Washington rivers and streams this year. And while that may seem like a good signal about salmon habitat, it's also ...

In addition, the salmon population has remained stable over the past 40 years, suggesting that the changes “have aided in the resilience of the population to environmental change”, says Kovach.

In 2021, about 3.7 million pink salmon returned to Puget Sound. "Pink salmon tend to swim in high-density aggregations, sort of at the shoreline, so they are a bit easier for folks to observe.