By the Sea

What You Need to Know About a Trip to Steveston

South of Vancouver, BC, a seaside neighborhood dishes great seafood.

08/14/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

The Merroir the Merrier

Forget Wine Tasting. Try Oyster Tasting.

Washington’s shellfish is as distinct as its wines, and Hood Canal is developing a whole industry around it.

02/16/2024 By Allison Williams

Good Catch

We Should All Respect the Geoduck

Wait, stop laughing. This behemoth of a clam is serious business.

02/14/2024 By Allison Williams Photography by Sarah Flotard

Go Fish

The St. Jude Is One of Seattle’s Last Commercial Tuna Boats

How a grizzled Seattle fisherman found himself trolling for tuna in the South Pacific and selling straight on the dock.

02/13/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

What we catch

Sea Change: How and When Washington’s Catch Ebbs and Flows

From smelt to sea cucumbers, the seafood we take from Northwest waters is ever-changing.

02/13/2024 By Allison Williams

Valley Whirl

What to Do in Yakima

Artsy small towns meet the wilds of Central Washington.

09/10/2021 By Allison Williams and Seattle Met Staff

Sponsored Content

Wild-Caught Alaskan Fish—Delivered to Your Door and Ready for the Grill

This third-generation family of fishermen delivers—with a discount through Seattle Met.

05/07/2020

Recreation jubilation

The Great Outdoors is Open for Business, Sorta

Hiking, boating, and fishing return to state lands, with restrictions; golf tees up, too.

04/27/2020 By Allison Williams

100 Years of Activism

1972–74: Native Activists Fight for Their Rights to Fish

Plus: Students-turned-protesters occupy a Beacon Hill schoolhouse—known today as the El Centro de la Raza community center.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

Food Lovers Guide

BestCatch: The CSA of the Sea

A community-supported fishery is just what it sounds like: a weekly share of fresh local seafood.

06/23/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Food Lovers Guide

Chefs Who Fish (But Don't Eat What They Catch)

The city’s best seafood chefs are crazy about fishing—just not for dinner.

06/23/2016 By Allison Williams