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- Upper Quinault River winter steelhead season extended - Apr 1, 2003 to
- Dry Falls Lake opens April 1, 2003 to fishing - Apr 1, 2003 to
- Columbia River Spring Chinook Sport Fishery Modified - Apr 1, 2003 to
- Ringold area bank fishery opens for steelhead - Apr 1, 2003 to
- Steelhead fishing extended on Chehalis River system - Apr 1, 2003 to
- Lower East Fork Lewis River closes to all fishing March 16, 2003 - Mar 16, 2003 to
- Sport clam season modified at Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal - Mar 11, 2003 to
- Changes in bottomfish regulations - Mar 11, 2003 to
- Sport clam season modified at Brown Point (DNR 57-B) - Mar 11, 2003 to
- Puyallup River system closes to all fishing March 1 - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Stillaguamish River system closes to fishing - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Marine Areas 9, 12 close to crab fishing March 1 - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Green (Duwamish) River closes to fishing - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Skykomish River closes to fishing - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Lower Humptulips River winter steelhead season extended - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Fishing closures on Skagit River system - Mar 1, 2003 to
- Southern portion of Willapa Bay opens to crab fishing - Feb 21, 2003 to
- Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery seasons set - Feb 15, 2003 to
- Smelt possession limits increased - Feb 12, 2003 to
- Willapa Bay closed to crab fishing - Feb 7, 2003 to