The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.

The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.

In 2021, about 3.7 million pink salmon returned to Puget Sound. "Pink salmon tend to swim in high-density aggregations, sort of at the shoreline, so they are a bit easier for folks to observe.

The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.