The California Environmental Protection Agency awarded Humboldt Baykeeper, a program of the environmental conservation nonprofit Northcoast Environmental Center, $40,365 on June 26 to test Pacific lamprey, lingcod, black rockfish and other fish species for mercury.
https://www.times-standard.com/2019/07/06/humboldt-baykeeper-gets-40k-to-test-more-north-coast-fish-for-mercury/amp/
We would like to expand our list of incidents for a research project that we are working on. If you happen to have witnessed a bird hooked or entangled in fishing gear at Clear Lake and have not spoken with us about it, please send us information on (1) the identity (or a description) of the bird, (2) whether the bird was on land or water, (3) what part of the bird was hooked or entangled, and (4) the date and location (which are less important than the other details, but useful to avoid duplicate reports of the same incident). You may contact Floyd Hayes at 707-337-0053 or floyd_hayes@yahoo.com .
http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/61831-the-hazards-of-fishing-gear-for-the-birds-of-clear-lake