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- Night Closure Modified on the Columbia River - Jul 7, 2017 to
- Lower Columbia River reopens for adult chinook - Jul 6, 2017 to
- Middle Yakima River spring chinook fishery closure - Jul 5, 2017 to
- WDFW amends fishing open/closure dates on the Skagit River - Jun 29, 2017 to
- Lower Columbia River closes for adult chinook - Jun 28, 2017 to
- Hood Canal to reopen for one more day of shrimp fishing - Jun 23, 2017 to
- WDFW amends fishing closure areas on the Skagit River - Jun 23, 2017 to
- Nearshore recreational halibut fishing to close in Marine Area 1 - Jun 22, 2017 to
- Icicle River will open late for spring chinook fishing - Jun 22, 2017 to
- Amends fishing closure dates on the Skagit River - Jun 20, 2017 to
- Puget Sound recreational summer crab seasons to open - Jun 16, 2017 to
- Sport sturgeon retention season in the Bonneville Pool - Jun 14, 2017 to
- Sport sturgeon retention season in the Columbia River Estuary closes - Jun 14, 2017 to
- Middle Yakima River to open for hatchery spring chinook fishing - Jun 13, 2017 to
- WDFW rescinds selective gear rules on the Skagit River - Jun 9, 2017 to
- South Fork Nooksack River closes to all fishing - Jun 8, 2017 to
- McNary Dam Pool and Hanford Reach summer salmon fishery changes - Jun 8, 2017 to
- Hood Canal to reopen for one more day of shrimp fishing - Jun 7, 2017 to
- Sport sturgeon retention season in the Bonneville Pool - Jun 1, 2017 to