April 2026 Council decision summary document The Pacific Fishery Management Council met April 8-12, 2026. The April 2026 Council Meeting Decision Summary Document contains the highlights of significant decisions made during that meeting. Fisher policy decisions made by the Council are formally transmitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as recommendations and are not […]
Doug Laughlin, Board of Directors, Coastside Fishing Club As a recreational fisherman for over 50 years, my love of Dungeness crab fishing runs deep. So, when I learned that whales were becoming entangled in fishing gear off California more frequently in recent years, I joined other recreational and commercial fishermen to work with state
A Collaborative Effort to Address the Pressing Issue of Whale Entanglements Read More »
IPHC Interim Halibut Meeting: The International Pacific Halibut Commission had their interim meeting on November 28 and 29 that gives the “state of the fishery” and the results of the summer survey. It also sets up the agenda for the Annual Meeting to be held in Portland, OR in January of 2018. There were some
Fish are always on my mind…but since we are only a few days away from Thanksgiving, so is turkey and family. Hopefully, we can all enjoy the holiday with the family and relatives without too much political dissention and arguing. We need to bridge gaps and promote “world peace” by applying this idealistic goal on
From the Helm is a new column from Larry De Ridder who covers a variety of topics related to marine fishing. Klamath River Renewal Project November 9 from six to eight o’clock pm there was an informal presentation at the Adorni Center regarding the proposed deconstruction of four dams on the Klamath River. For
To give you a recap of the project methods and range: -Lingcod were caught from 7 geographically distinct regions in the US West Coast: Southern CA, Central CA, Northern CA, Oregon, Washington, Puget Sound, and Southeast Alaska. -300 fish were caught from each region = 2100 fish total! -My study was to look at Lingcod
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the PFMC Groundfish Advisory Panel (GAP) has proposed some additional Catch Share Plan (CSP) alternatives for the PFMC to analyze this fall (also see Tom’s summary on page 4). At the upcoming September 11-18 PFMC meeting, the council will consider potential CSP alternatives to analyze in
TUNA, TUNA, TUNA…that’s the best news we’ve had this summer! For a brief period in early August, with a cut-off low calming down the water off Northern California, we were treated with a flurry of tuna action. It started in Ft. Bragg and moved north up to Shelter Cove, Eureka and then up to the
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Monitoring Sacramento Pikeminnow in the Eel River: Summer 2016 Read More »
I always enjoyed the scene from “Fiddler on the Roof” where Tevye is having a discussion with himself up in the barn loft; “on the one hand”….but “on the other hand”…and so it would go, debating the pros and cons of various decisions he was faced with. I can relate: We are open for fishing
