After the recent outcry over the killing of an octopus off Alki Beach, the State Department of Fish & Wildlife is now looking into banning octopus hunting in the Puget Sound. “We’re initiating a ...

On Friday we told you about a pair of 19-year-old amateur divers who were seen hunting a Giant Pacific Octopus at a popular West Seattle diving spot. It was a legal hunt, but the local diving ...

The recreational harvest of octopus is prohibited at seven popular scuba dive sites in Puget Sound, including at Deception Pass, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced earlier this ...

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PUGET SOUND, Wash. — To check on the health of the giant Pacific octopus population in Puget Sound, an unusual census takes place every year. Volunteer divers, enlisted by the Seattle Aquarium, take ...

FOX ISLAND, Wash. — At Jamie Bisceglia's Fox Island home, 'Gone fishing' are words to live by. "Good things happen to those who bait. I believe in that," said Bisceglia. She started fishing at a young ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Washington state panel on Friday prohibited the recreational hunting of giant Pacific octopuses at seven popular scuba diving sites in the Puget Sound region, following an outcry ...

Timely with Seattle's announcement to name the city's new NHL team "Seattle Kraken," the Seattle Aquarium is releasing a "Kraken" of its own. The Aquarium recently announced the return of one of the ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is considering new rules for harvesting giant Pacific octopuses in Puget Sound. The commission recently approved four options, ranging from a ban ...