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Our 50th Year
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EXECUTIVE RECREATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT ACTIONS HALT NEW FISHERY TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE DRILLING LEASES
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CALIFORNIA BOATING NEWS SINCESINCE 1971 1971 CALIFORNIA BOATING NEWS
EVENTPARTICIPATING USCALENDAR SAILING ANNOUNCED FESTIVAL OF WHALES, ATHLETES IN 2023 PAN AM GAMES
A 50-YEAR LEGACY
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THE BALBOA ANGLING CLUB PRESENTS THE THE HELLY HANSON NATIONAL OLDEST, MOST PRESTIGIOUS, OFFSHORE ONE DESIGNALL-RELEASE (NOOD) BILLFISH TOURNAMENT ON THE WEST COAST REGATTA KICKS OFF MARCH 19
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$20 $70 Current fee
AUGUSTFEB. 18 -19AUGUST 31, 4,2023 – MARCH 2021
New fee under Gov’t Proposal
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overnor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2021-22 budget, released Jan. 8, includes a proposal to raise the vessel renewal fee from $20 every two years to $70 every two years to help stabilize a $52 million deficit in the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund. P. 8
QUILLBACK ROCKFISH RETENTION OFFICIALLY PROHIBITED STATEWIDE
Proposed Budget Includes Potential 250% Increase In Vessel Registration Fee
T
he California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that as of Aug. 7, custody of quillback rockfish (Sebastes manager) is prohibited statewide in recreational and commercial fisheries, effective immediately. P. 17
DANA POINT RECOGNIZED AS A WHALE Preparing for its 6th Year, WarHERITAGE SITE Heroes on Water Welcomes
PORT OF SAN DIEGO TESTING OUT NEW TIDE POOL ARMOR AS COASTAL PROTECTION ON HARBOR ISLAND
Back Legacies and NewcomersI UPCOMING MARINE T FLARE COLLECTION EVENTS
n January of this year, he three-year pilot project launched by Dana Point was recogthe port district and eco-engineering nized as the first Whale company ECOncrete will demonstrate Heritage site in North and study a new design of ECOncrete’s interAmerica and one of four locking Coastalock Tide Pool Armor in two difoaters mark your calendars to attend a marine flare collection where in the world by the World ferent locations on Harbor Island, aevent man-made ar Heroes on Water is returning to Newport Beach for the sixth annual charitable boaters can bring expired fl ares and learn about marine fl are management Cetacean Alliance. P. 20 peninsula only a few hundred feet wide. P. 11 fishing tournament to raise money supporting combat-wounded veterans with safety, including the advantages of reusable distress signals like electronic a three-day on-the-water fishing experience hosted by a crew of experienced visual distress signal device (eVDSD), that better protect California communities and the environment. P. 14 anglers. P. 12
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