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A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in a case concerning spot shrimp unlawfully harvested from Hood Canal in May 2024.

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OUTDOORS: Shrimp poaching case reveals light punishment for prized species

PENALTIES FOR POACHING spot shrimp are pretty light in our state. At least, that’s the takeaway after a…

Roy angler John Keizer caught this chinook while fishing off the coast last summer. Salmon seasons negotiations are underway this month.

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OUTDOORS: Odd-year pinks no friend to kings, orcas

Crowding chinook out of lower river spawning sites

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AREA SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Joel Thomas back coaching with New Orleans Saints

Coached running backs from 2015-23

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OUTDOORS: Fishing rules updated for Quinault, Queets rivers

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildllife on Thursday set early closure dates for western and…

Beginning Jan. 1, boaters must stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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OUTDOORS: Boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas beginning Jan. 1

OLYMPIA — On Jan. 1, boaters in Washington waters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident killer…

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OUTDOORS BRIEF: City to temporarily remove Ediz Hook floating docks

PORT ANGELES — On Wednesday, the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department temporarily removed the remaining floating docks…

A wild steelhead held in the water on a coastal Washington river. Photo by Chase Gunnell/WDFW

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OUTDOORS: Coastal steelhead regulations released; season opens Monday on most area streams

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers on Wednesday announced regulations for the state’s…

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OUTDOORS: ONP’s Ridge Road winter operations beginning Friday

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park’s Hurricane Ridge Road winter operations will begin Friday and — weather permitting—…

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Forks guide Caylen Phegley caught and released this steelhead buck to start the 2023-24 winter steelhead season.

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OUTDOORS: Winter steelhead meeting set Wednesday

Returns on Hoh River hit records in 2023-24

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Reports of orange spots or stains in razor clams and oysters along coastal beaches have been reported to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The spots are a naturally occurring plankton called dinoflagellate Tripos. Luckily, there is no concern for shellfish health, and oysters and razor clams with orange coloring are still safe to eat.

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OUTDOORS: Nov. 1-5 razor clam digs approved

Orange-spotted clams safe to eat

The Run the Peninsula’s inaugural Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K on Oct. 19 will go along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News).

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Spruce Railroad Run to debut Oct. 19

PORT ANGELES — The fourth race of the 2024 Run the Peninsula Series set for Oct. 19 will…

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OUTDOORS BRIEFS: Season’s first coast razor clam digs begin Thursday

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the season’s first round of razor clam digging…

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OUTDOORS: Salmon daily limit now 1 on West End rivers

Tugboat captains talk to Anglers chapter

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: More than 300 diehards tackle the GOAT Run

PORT ANGELES — More than 300 runners endured the hills and trails of Kelly Ridge in the annual…

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Razor Clams

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OUTDOORS: 42 days of tenative razor clam digs planned starting in October

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OUTDOORS: Silvers hot off Sekiu

Quillayute River recreational survey

Ibn Archer enjoyed an adventure over the weekend, sailing from Seattle to Neah Bay and fishing for salmon, Pacific cod and other flatfish with a group of friends. Archer is a Port Townsend High School graduate who works as a Network Development Manager III at Amazon in Seattle.

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OUTDOORS: Silvers slipping down the Strait

NEAH BAY AND La Push are now the only areas in which anglers can retain chinook off the…

A fisherman shows off his halibut catch in Westport. Halibut season reopens today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast.
David Bergeron/WDFW

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OUTDOORS: Halibut season reopens Friday

OLYMPIA — There will be up to another six weeks of late summer and fall halibut season as…

Yakima angler Terry Day brought home these two hatchery coho Sunday while fishing in the waters of Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay).

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OUTDOORS: Shore casting spots for hatchery coho

IF YOUR AIM is coho, the premier methodology is dropping the boat off at the ramp and heading…

Tyler Mattos of Monroe caught these kings while fishing out of Neah Bay over the weekend. Mattos said it was the largest salmon he's ever caught.

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OUTDOORS: Another day on Port Townsend Bay

ANOTHER DAY FOR hatchery chinook fishing in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) has been approved by state Department…