On a crisp recent morning, Frank Urbanski, of Stanwood, watched his teenage son, Seth, react to a tug on his fishing line as they trolled Puget Sound waters off Edmonds. Around them, ferries ...
Ellie Kinley, a member of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) Nation, stands on her fishing boat in Bellingham Bay’s Squalicum Harbor on Nov. 17, 2023. Kinley is the last Indigenous reef net permit holder of the ...
The production of this article and accompanying photographs are the result of a collaboration between environment and science news platform, Mongabay, and McClatchy News. “Some mornings, the sun’s ...