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- Vance Creek Pond #1 will open for spring break - Mar 16, 2012 to
- Rockfish retention allowed seaward of 30 fathoms in Marine Area 2 - Mar 14, 2012 to
- Lingcod fishing closed in portions of Marine Areas 1 and 2 - Mar 14, 2012 to
- Razor clam dig approved for March 10 and 11 - Mar 7, 2012 to
- South Fork Toutle River will close to fishing - Mar 1, 2012 to
- Razor clam dig approved for Feb. 18 and 19 - Feb 13, 2012 to
- Release of sturgeon between Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam - Feb 10, 2012 to
- 2012 sport sturgeon retention in the lower Columbia River - Feb 1, 2012 to
- 2012 Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery season set - Jan 27, 2012 to
- Razor clam dig approved for Jan. 20 and Jan 21 - Jan 13, 2012 to
- North Fork Nooksack River and Whatcom Creek reopen to fishing - Jan 11, 2012 to
- Tokul Creek to open early for hatchery steelhead and other gamefish - Jan 6, 2012 to
- Strait of Juan de Fuca rivers will close early to fishing - Jan 6, 2012 to
- Snohomish River system will close early to fishing - Jan 6, 2012 to
- Stillaguamish River system will close to fishing early - Jan 6, 2012 to
- White, Carbon and upper Puyallup rivers will close early to fishing - Jan 6, 2012 to
- Skagit River system will close to fishing early - Jan 6, 2012 to
- Nooksack River will close early to fishing - Jan 6, 2012 to
- Razor clam dig approved for Dec. 22 and 23 - Dec 15, 2011 to