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- Release salmon with floy tag, hole punch in upper Columbia - Jul 14, 2015 to
- Grande Ronde River spring chinook fishery to close - Jul 1, 2015 to
- Boundary for using barbed hooks modified on lower Cowlitz River - Jun 25, 2015 to
- Snake River spring chinook fisheries to close - Jun 24, 2015 to
- Fishing opens for flatfish species in portions of Quilcene and Dabob Bay - Jun 24, 2015 to
- Lake Tapps reopens to fishing - Jun 19, 2015 to
- South coast of Washington closed to crab fishing - Jun 17, 2015 to
- Sol Duc River will close to fishing near Sol Duc Hatchery - Jun 16, 2015 to
- Nearshore halibut fishing to open seven days per week in Marine Area 1 - Jun 11, 2015 to
- Puget Sound crab season opens in Marine Area 12 - Jun 9, 2015 to
- Long's Pond in Lacey closes to public for Kids Fish-in - Jun 9, 2015 to
- Grande Ronde River spring chinook fisheries to open - Jun 4, 2015 to
- Skagit River sturgeon fishing rule change - Jun 3, 2015 to
- Amend recreational fishing rules at Rattlesnake Lake (King County) - Jun 3, 2015 to
- The Skagit River opens to sockeye fishing - Jun 3, 2015 to
- Columbia River spring chinook daily limit increased - Jun 2, 2015 to
- Snake River spring chinook fisheries to open - Jun 2, 2015 to
- Hanford Reach salmon fishery changes - Jun 2, 2015 to
- Heart Lake fishing closure for Kids fishing event - May 28, 2015 to
- Sport sturgeon retention season closes in John Day Pool - May 28, 2015 to
- Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2 re-opening for one day of spot shrimp fishing - May 28, 2015 to
- Puget Sound crab season opens June 1 in Marine Area 13 - May 27, 2015 to