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SEATTLE (AP) — A new rule proposed by the state Department of Ecology would prevent vessels from dumping raw or partially treated sewage in Puget Sound. The Seattle Times reports that the regulation would require any vessel with a permanent toilet to store its waste until it could be pumped ashore...

BREMERTON (AP) — The Navy has announced it is increasing its training activities in Pacific Northwest waters. The Kitsap Sun reports that the activity will take place in waters stretching from Northern California to southeastern Alaska, including the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Obama administration is taking steps to restore and protect Puget Sound, one of the nation's largest estuaries. Christy Goldfuss, managing director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, on Tuesday announced a new federal task force dedicated to identifying restoration priorities for Puget Sound...

SEATTLE (AP) — Boaters and vessel operators would not be able to release sewage, treated or untreated, into Puget Sound under a proposal by Washington state regulators. The Department of Ecology says on its website that it petitioned the U...

HOOD CANAL, Wash. (AP) — A team of scientists is investigating whether growing seaweed can reduce carbon dioxide levels in the inland marine waters of Puget Sound. They're hoping to find a strategy to ease the local effects of ocean acidification — when seas absorb carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by human activity...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A final round of negotiations between the state and tribal fishery managers has failed to end in an agreement on whether to allow salmon fishing in Puget Sound. Without a deal, salmon fishing will no longer be allowed in Puget Sound starting Sunday...

SEATTLE (AP) — An official with the Canadian government says a baby orca that washed up dead off Vancouver Island last week had an infection but an exam didn't reveal an obvious cause of death. Marine mammal coordinator Paul Cottrell with Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a surfer discovered the 340-pound female calf on Dec. 23 ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Puget Sound's endangered resident orcas have welcomed yet another new addition. The Center for Whale Research in Friday Harbor confirmed on its Facebook page this weekend that a newborn orca designated as J53 was seen traveling Saturday in Haro Strait with a 38-year-old orca known as Princess Angeline...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Representative Dave Reichert has introduced a bill that would designate a stretch of scenic landscape from Seattle to Ellensburg as a National Heritage Area. The Mountains to Sound Greenway encompasses about 1...