Press release from Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association: At Tuesday night’s Eureka City Council Meeting, Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association board members testified in unanimous support for the city staff’s proposal to establish a privately operated RV park and “mixed-use” visitor facility on city property next to the Samoa Bridge. Not only does the HFMA support this project,…
North Coast salmon income tumbles
Paul Mann Mad River Union NORTH COAST – The salmon collapse threatens to blitz Eureka fishermen with a 70 percent income loss. Crescent City expects a 50 percent plunge, Ft. Bragg the same. The estimates are from the Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association, presented last week in Sacramento at a state legislative hearing where Association President…