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Morro Bay boat operator to pay $12,000 fine for breaking fishing rules

Written on 5 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The operator of a commercial fishing boat based at Morro Bay has agreed to pay $12,000 in civil penalties to settle a case over him failing to abide by fishing restrictions, according to the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach police arrest suspects for illegal clamming

Written on 23 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Pismo Beach police officers recently arrested several suspects for illegal clamming and seized more than 100 clams from them. Last Saturday, officers contacted several people who were illegally clamming north of the Pismo Beach Pier. Officers found... (Continue reading)

Fishermen upset as water flows out of Lopez Lake

Written on 18 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

About 3 million gallons of water are released daily from Lopez Lake in order to satisfy legal mandates, including environmental laws and groundwater requirements. The dumping of water is upsetting fishermen, who despite the recent rain, still do not have... (Continue reading)

Oceano man who caught great white shark turns himself in

Written on 13 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

An Oceano man who caught a great white shark and posed with the fish turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. The man surrendered himself to California Fish and Wildlife officers after the agency circulated photos of him with the shark.... (Continue reading)

Capps backs Central Coast marine sanctuary

Written on 3 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

With just months left in her final term in office, Rep. Lois Capps has thrown her support behind a Chumash tribal proposal to create a national marine sanctuary ranging from Cambria to Santa Barbara. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man drowns in boating accident

Written on 17 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The United States Coast Guard identified the body of a missing boater found Sunday afternoon near Point Arguello as Jeffrey Delbert McDonald of Arroyo Grande. The man was 46 years old. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard received a... (Continue reading)

Fishermen rescue 72-year-old man from the ocean

Written on 6 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Two fishermen pulled a 72-year-old man from the ocean near Montana de Oro State Park Friday morning. The victim is expected to recover from his injuries. Shortly after 9 a.m., the fisherman discovered the man floating in the water. They... (Continue reading)

Man injured after falling overboard in Morro Bay

Written on 6 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Crew members of a fishing boat and a fellow passenger on a commercial dinner boat rescued a man who fell overboard in the Morro Bay Harbor Friday evening. [Tribune] The 59-year-old man was one of 22 passengers aboard the Papagallo... (Continue reading)

Sea lion takes California fisherman for a plunge

Written on 7 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A fisherman was posing for a photo with fish he caught in a San Diego bay when a sea lion leaped out of the water, chomped on the fish and dragged the 62-year-old man into bay. [Mercury News] The sea... (Continue reading)

Biotoxins killing Central Coast sea life

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An outbreak of algae-produced biotoxins that attacks the brain is killing sea life along the Central Coast of California and also poses a risk to humans. [Aljazeera] The California Department of Public Health closed fisheries in Monterey and Santa Cruz... (Continue reading)