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- Hood Canal sport shrimp season extended one final day, June 11 - Jun 3, 2008 to
- Blackman's Lake closed for juvenile fish derby - May 30, 2008 to
- Limit increased for hatchery spring chinook jacks at Wind River - May 30, 2008 to
- Yakima River spring chinook season extended - May 30, 2008 to
- Elochoman River opens to fishing for hatchery spring chinook - May 30, 2008 to
- Limit increased for hatchery spring chinook jacks at Drano Lake - May 30, 2008 to
- Sport Halibut season closes Sunday evening June 1 in Marine Area 1 - May 29, 2008 to
- North Fork Tieton River rule correction - May 28, 2008 to
- Lake Chelan Chinook salmon fishing to be extended - May 27, 2008 to
- Hood Canal sport shrimp season extended two days, May 29 and May 31 - May 23, 2008 to
- One-day razor clam dig approved on three beaches - May 20, 2008 to
- Recreational halibut fishing to close in Neah Bay, LaPush - May 19, 2008 to
- All spring Chinook must be released on the lower Cowlitz River - May 16, 2008 to
- All spring Chinook must be released on the Kalama River - May 16, 2008 to
- Hatchery steelhead daily limit will increase on the lower Cowlitz River - May 16, 2008 to
- Hood Canal sport shrimp season extended two days - May 14, 2008 to
- Columbia River steelhead, jack chinook sport fishery openers delayed - May 12, 2008 to
- Ringold Area Bank fishery to close early - May 9, 2008 to
- Recreational shrimp fishing closing in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2 - May 9, 2008 to