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Only one species (Olympic mudminnow) is a Washington endemic, however three others (Nooksack dace, Salish sucker, and margined sculpin) have very limited distributions outside the state. Sixty-seven fish species, subspecies, or hybrids are listed, 37 native, and 30 introduced.
1.2 Fish. 1.3 Mammals. 1.4 Reptiles. 1.5 Amphibians. 2 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of fauna observed in the U.S. state of Washington ...
(sport fish) Micropterus dolomieu: 2005 [61] Channel catfish (state commercial fish) Ictalurus punctatus: 1987 [61] Texas: Guadalupe bass (freshwater) Micropterus treculii: 1989 [62] Red drum (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus: 2011 [62] Utah: Bonneville cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) 1997 [63] Vermont: Brook trout (cold ...
Washington state Fish and Wildlife has two days of free fishing each year on the first weekend after the first Monday in June to help introduce people to fishing. This year the weekend is June 8-9.
The Olympic mudminnow (Novumbra hubbsi) is a fish native to the western lowlands of Washington: the Chehalis River basin, Deschutes River basin, and some Olympic Peninsula basins. [2] It grows to 8 cm (about 3 in) in length, and is Washington's only known endemic freshwater fish species.
Many cold and warm-water non-native fish species have been introduced into the river basin. The non-native fish species listed by Washington Department of Ecology are brook trout, brown trout, grass pickerel, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, largemouth bass, tench, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch. [3]
The state of Washington was reminded of its obligation to ensure salmon passage in a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the deadline to repair 90% of its fish-blocking culverts.
Even so, King County, Washington, in partnership with US Fish and Wildlife, has issued conservation measures to save the fish that once numbered in the thousands. As few as 150 fish spawned in 2007–2008 marking a critical need for conservation of the state's kokanee population.