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- Changes to Tucannon River fishery regulations - Aug 22, 2014 to
- Fall chinook season opens early in Priest Rapids Pool - Aug 21, 2014 to
- Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery season to close end of Labor Day - Aug 21, 2014 to
- Hatchery steelhead daily limit to increase on the lower Cowlitz River - Aug 20, 2014 to
- Changes to ocean salmon fishery - Aug 14, 2014 to
- Salmon fishing opens south of Foulweather Bluff and Olele Point - Aug 13, 2014 to
- Chinook harvest closes in Marine Area 10 - Aug 6, 2014 to
- Fishing to open on Salmon Creek - Aug 1, 2014 to
- Chinook fishing to begin Aug. 1 on two upper Columbia River tributaries - Jul 29, 2014 to
- Spring chinook mark selective fishery on the Wenatchee River closes - Jul 29, 2014 to
- Summer chinook mark selective fishery to open in the Entiat River - Jul 22, 2014 to
- A portion of Marine Area 7 South reopening for spot shrimp fishing - Jul 22, 2014 to
- Hanford Reach fall chinook salmon fishery enhancements - Jul 22, 2014 to
- Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery opens - Jul 16, 2014 to
- Columbia River below Bonneville Dam summer chinook fishing reopens - Jul 10, 2014 to
- Sockeye salmon retention begins in Lake Osoyoos - Jul 10, 2014 to
- Four days of sport sturgeon retention set for Bonneville Pool - Jul 2, 2014 to
- Kalama River re-opens to fishing for hatchery spring chinook - Jun 26, 2014 to
- Snake River spring chinook fisheries to close - Jun 26, 2014 to
- Grande Ronde River chinook fishery to open for four days - Jun 25, 2014 to
- Fishing rules change June 12 on Cle Elum and Cooper lakes - Jun 11, 2014 to