
HASA president Scott McBain hoists a Pacific Halibut
HASA held its General Membership meeting in February, and we appreciate all those that attended and participated. We have two new board members to welcome aboard (Ross Taylor and Tom Marking), and are excited to have them aboard. We also have two new T-shirt designs, both prepared by Angela Percival. You can purchase these T-shirts at our new website (www.humboldtasa.com), or at our annual fundraising dinner, or by renewing your membership prior to the annual fundraising dinner (free with purchased membership).

The ling cod comes on the back of a navy blue shirt. The blue and yellow HASA logo on the front.

The octopus comes on the back of a black shirt with the HASA logo on the front.
Speaking of annual fundraising dinner, the 2017 event will be held at the Arcata Community Center. We received a lot of favorable feedback on the venue, so we will likely continue to hold our events there into the future. If you want tickets, see page 17 for purchase locations, contact a board member, or e-mail us at hasa6191@gmail.com.
As usual, Casey and contributors have put together some very interesting articles in the following pages, which you should enjoy. If you would like to contribute an article to future newsletters, or have suggestions on a topic you think would be interesting to HASA members, please share with Casey (longfish@humboldt1.com).