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- Coastal salmon fishing to open 7 days/week off Ilwaco, Westport - Jul 25, 2003 to
- Crab fishing opens July 4th in the Anacortes to Bellingham areas - Jul 4, 2003 to
- Lower Columbia River to close to sturgeon retention - Jun 28, 2003 to
- Release of sport-caught sturgeon between The Dalles Dam and John Day Dam - Jun 21, 2003 to
- Crab fishing opens June 21 in the Strait of Juan de Fuca - Jun 21, 2003 to
- Crab fishing opens June 18 in the San Juan Islands - Jun 18, 2003 to
- Four-day sport fishery for halibut opens June 18 in Marine Areas 3, 4 - Jun 18, 2003 to
- Elochoman and West and East Fork Grays River open for chinook salmon - Jun 17, 2003 to
- Columbia River summer chinook fishery to open June 16 - Jun 16, 2003 to
- Summer chinook fishing opens June 16 on Columbia River's Hanford Reach - Jun 16, 2003 to
- Recreational shrimp fishing closing in southern San Juan Islands - Jun 8, 2003 to
- Changes in Icicle River fishing area - Jun 6, 2003 to
- Crab fishing opens June 1 in Puget Sound from Kingston to Olympia - Jun 1, 2003 to
- Crab fishing opens June 6 in the Deception Pass-Langley area - Jun 1, 2003 to