We had another successful fundraiser on April 27, 2019 at the Arcata Community Center, which was our 11th annual event. Thanks to a great fundraiser committee, awesome donators, and all you loyal supporters. HASA is your local voice for saltwater sportfishing issues and it would not be possible without all of you. I would like […]
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 program (since the 1980’s) and their challenges with funding. We heard a lot about 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 returns to the Klamath and Sacramento rivers, and previewed the potential ocean salmon abundance for
California Fish and Wildlife Salmon Meeting 2/27/19, by Ben Doane Read More »
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 spirited among the ten Regional Areas as to what percentage of the allocation they will
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 reporting schedule for recreational fishing, and thus is still scouring through stacks of fishery observer
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 year. He wanted to offer this deal to HASA members first since we have been
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 San Francisco area had another banner season as party and sport boats experienced lights out
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 each year. As much as that is, it’s dwarfed by the 30 million tons of
Is Plastic Fuel in our Future? By Larry DeRidder Read More »
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 two-thirds of California’s supply. If you do the math, that means nearly half of all
At the Crossroads of Salmon Streams and Marijuana Cultivation, by Larry DeRidder Read More »
In November 2017 two Washington State congressmen introduced HR 4419, named Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act of 2017. Sometimes it’s hard to immediately ascertain exactly the purpose of proposed legislation. This time the name suggests something that all of us at times long for – accelerated government action
