Humboldt County beaches cannot just be visited, they must be experienced. And getting up close with marine life in tide pools should be at the top of this summer’s to-do list. Here are some tips on doing it right. Whether it’s Indian Beach, Palmer’s Point or Luffenholtz, we’ve got prime tide pools to explore. Attention […]
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Hum Plate Roundup
Since we’re sharing the sausage-making of journalism this week (mmm, sausage), let’s clear up a few frequently asked questions about the Hum Plate column. Why are all the reviews positive? We don’t write reviews in the conventional sense of rating an establishment on quality, atmosphere and service. Doing so according to standard ethical guidelines, like […]
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Crab Sandwich with a View
When the day opens up with blue skies, warm breezes and sunshine on the calm waters of Humboldt Bay, nothing could be better than heading out to King Salmon, where kayakers are paddling in the waves, and making a hard turn into the parking lot of Gill’s By the Bay (77 Halibut Ave.). There you […]
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Crab Health Advisory Lifted
If you have a boat and some pots, you can get to cracking shells without worry. The California Department of Public Health has lifted its advisory for Dungeness crab consumption. Recent tests show domoic acid levels have dropped low enough that eating sport-caught crustaceans, if prepared properly, should be safe. Make sure to boil or […]
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Again With the Crab
Bad news, local Dungeness crab lovers. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is delaying the commercial season in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties for at least 15 days due to poor crab quality. The fishery is now currently set to open Dec. 16 to let the crustaceans fill out a bit. A second […]
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UPDATE: Crab Strike Over
UPDATE: Ken Bates, Vice President of the Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association, reports that as of 4 p.m. on Jan. 6, Oregon fishermen and processors negotiated a price for Dungeness crabs at $2.875 a pound, an even split of the $2.75 processors offered, and the original price of $3.00 paid since Nov. 15, 2016. In his press […]
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Crab Fishermen in West Coast Ports Pull Pots in Solidarity with Humboldt
A week’s worth of negotiations have failed to break the stalemate between Humboldt Dungeness crab fishermen and the Pacific Group, which locally owns Pacific Choice Seafood. Last week, Pacific Group announced it was lowering its buying price for crab from $3 per pound to $2.75. Fishermen in District 7 — which stretches south from Humboldt Bay’s […]
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Crab Countdown
If you haven’t got your own pots to drop or if picking and dipping crab is as much work as you want to do, you’re likely counting the days until commercial Dungeness crab fishing begins. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has given the green light to fishing north of the Humboldt Bay jetty […]
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Crab: No Guts, No Worries
You can start planning Christmas dinner — the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is opening recreational Dungeness crabbing all over California starting Saturday, Nov. 5. Mind you, the California Department of Health warns seafood lovers in Humboldt and other areas north of Marin County not to consume the guts “due to the sporadic detection […]
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Early Prospects for Crab Season Look Good
So far, so good. That’s the early word in today’s extensively titled forum, “Crab Season Outlook for 2016-17 and Modern Aquaculture in California by the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture” taking place right now at the University of California Davis Marine Lab in Bodega Bay. Convened by the North Coast’s own state Sen. Mike McGuire, […]
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Crab is Back
Humboldt’s commercial crab fishermen are back in business as of today, hauling up pots all along the California coastline, including our county. Well, most of our county. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife declared the fishing open in all but the area “between 40° 46.15′ N latitude (a line extending due west from the […]
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Droppin’ (Recreational) Pots for Dungeness
Dust off your kayak and stock up on butter. While commercial fishing for both rock and Dungeness crab is still on hold in our county due to unsafe levels of toxic domoic acid, which can prove harmful and even deadly to humans, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced recreational Dungeness crab fishing […]