South Sound marine life

In search of steelhead

FORKS - As fins go, it's almost an afterthought. It's the adipose fin, about midway between the tail and dorsal fin on steelhead and salmon. While it's about the size of an adult's thumb it means everything to some steelhead anglers.

Virus forces farm off Bainbridge Island to kill off its entire Atlantic salmon stock

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — A deadly fish virus has been detected in Washington waters for the first time, forcing a fish farm to kill its entire stock of Atlantic salmon.

For us, it's salmon-watch season. For Sound's seals, it's tasty-snack season

Chinook salmon have begun their annual return to the Deschutes River through the Fifth Avenue dam, with about 900 already in the hatchery and thousands more expected, according to state Fish and Wildlife officials.

Eccentric sand dollar (South Sound marine life)

Puget dwarf brittle star (South Sound marine life)

Nuttall's cockle (South Sound marine life)

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Smooth bay shrimp (South Sound marine life)

Greater yellowlegs (South Sound marine life)

Pacific oyster (South Sound marine life)

Sea Brush (South Sound Marine Life)

Skeleton shrimp (South Sound marine life)

Least Sandpiper (South Sound marine life)

Tube sponge (South Sound marine life)

The Tides (South Sound marine life)