Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the ...

Draft legislation would designate bull kelp in the Puget Sound as Washington’s official marine state forest.

(Kurt Hoffman) In the early 2000s, large schools of yellowtail frequently fed just offshore, and white seabass spawned in our dense La Jolla kelp beds. I caught 20 yellowtail and 20 white seabass ...

Kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to shorter growing and harvesting ...

Kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to shorter growing and harvesting seasons, including for sugar kelp, one of the most commonly farmed kelp ...

The image of a grief-stricken orca carrying her dead calf for miles, described in the recent column in the Kitsap Sun by Rep. Greg Nance, “Saving Puget Sound’s salmon and orca starts with kelp,” was ...

Concerned that not enough attention is paid to the decline of kelp beds in Puget Sound, Bainbridge Island resident Sebastian ...

A recent Guest Commentary asserts that the increasing numbers of sea lions and harbor seals (pinnipeds) around La Jolla have upset the delicate balance of the once-thriving La Jolla kelp bed ...