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Crab fishing to close April 7 in Marine Areas 4, 5 and 6 - Apr 7, 2003 to Aug 7, 2003
Ringold area bank fishery opens for steelhead - Apr 1, 2003 to Apr 15, 2003
Steelhead fishing extended on Chehalis River system - Apr 1, 2003 to Apr 30, 2003
Upper Quinault River winter steelhead season extended - Apr 1, 2003 to Apr 15, 2003
Dry Falls Lake opens April 1, 2003 to fishing - Apr 1, 2003 to Aug 1, 2003
Columbia River Spring Chinook Sport Fishery Modified - Apr 1, 2003 to May 4, 2003
Columbia River sturgeon retention prohibited March 24 to June 30 from Bonneville Dam downstream to Wauna powerlines at Cathlamet - Mar 24, 2003 to Jun 30, 2003
Lower East Fork Lewis River closes to all fishing March 16, 2003 - Mar 16, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Spring chinook and hatchery steelhead fishing to open in Washington Bonneville Pool tributaries - Mar 15, 2003 to Jun 30, 2003
Sport clam season modified at Potlatch State Park, Potlatch DNR Tidelands and Potlatch East - Mar 11, 2003 to Dec 31, 2003
Changes in bottomfish regulations - Mar 11, 2003 to Jul 11, 2003
Sport clam season modified at Brown Point (DNR 57-B) - Mar 11, 2003 to Apr 15, 2003
Sport clam season modified at Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal - Mar 11, 2003 to Apr 30, 2003
Crab fishing to close in the San Juan Islands, the Bellingham-to-Anacortes area, and South Sound - Mar 9, 2003 to Jul 9, 2003
Green (Duwamish) River closes to fishing - Mar 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Skykomish River closes to fishing - Mar 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Fishing season and gear restrictions to change on portions of Crab Creek near Moses Lake - Mar 1, 2003 to Jul 1, 2003
Lower Humptulips River winter steelhead season extended - Mar 1, 2003 to Mar 16, 2003
Fishing closures on Skagit River system - Mar 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Puyallup River system closes to all fishing March 1 - Mar 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Stillaguamish River system closes to fishing - Mar 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Marine Areas 9, 12 close to crab fishing March 1 - Mar 1, 2003 to Jul 1, 2003
Southern portion of Willapa Bay opens to crab fishing - Feb 21, 2003 to Jun 21, 2003
Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery seasons set - Feb 15, 2003 to May 15, 2003
Smelt possession limits increased - Feb 12, 2003 to Feb 24, 2008