As many of you know, HASA partnered up with the Humboldt County Office of Education program “Steelhead in the Classroom” managed by Dr. Beth Chaton and Jim Stemach. They gave an insightful presentation last year about the history of the …

Ben Doane “Sumoco” attended the February 27 CDFW salmon meeting in Santa Rosa on behalf of HASA, as Bob Smith “RBob” was unable to attend this year.  The meeting reviewed the 2018 Chinook salmon seasons, provided information on the 2018 …

Background Facts: Regulatory Reports and Size at Age Observations The Annual IPHC Meeting is an interesting collection of folks from all over the western coast of North America: Canada, Alaska and the three Pacific States.  The Annual meeting is quite …

The winter weather is upon us and the fishery biologists are busy with their computers, compiling lasts year’s harvest and make projections for the coming year.  Numbers are still very preliminary for CDFW, who are not yet on an electronic …

Attention HASA members: Lowell Wallace and family of W&W Sporting Goods located at 4300 Broadway St, Eureka, CA 95503 is retiring, and they will be liquidating the store with great prices and will be closing at the end of the …

I just wanted to provide a quick salmon update for our HASA membership.  All in all, I would say we had a very successful ocean season within the KMZ and up and down the California and southern Oregon coast.  The …

We’re increasingly seeing pictures of beaches all over the world simply covered in plastic which has washed ashore. As described in our August 2017 newsletter, it is estimated that 8.8 million tons of used plastic are washed out to sea …

It’s been over six months since California legalized recreational marijuana cultivation and use. Some published reports indicate that California produces something on the order of two-thirds of the country’s supply, and our three-county area produces something on the order of …