Press Release and Contacts

Join us on March 24th at Wild Fish for the very first Hooked, The Sea and Sip Dinner Series. This special evening will include delicious, locally caught seafood dishes, stories from the sea from local fishermen Calder and Miles Deyerle, and a discussion on how to make good seafood choices.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust is partnering with the fishing community and local harbors to find and remove lost Dungeness crab gear from Monterey Bay through the Lost Gear Recovery program.

We are proud to be launching a new program that donates healthy, local seafood to families in need during the COVID-19 crisis.

This is the fourth year the Trust has run the lost gear recovery program, but it’s the first year it is working under the California Fish and Wildlife’s Trap Gear Retrieval Permit, a new state-mandated program to manage gear left in the water after the close of fishing seasons.

From July 29 - August 4th, restaurants will be celebrating local seafood by featuring dishes of wild, seasonal catch and diners will know exactly which one of Monterey Bay’s hardworking fishermen and women are responsible for their meal.

For the third year in a row, the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust is collaborating with local fishermen and the boating community to find and remove lost Dungeness crab gear from the Bay.

Running from January 14th– 21st, Get Hooked, an official program of California Restaurant Month, is a week-long celebration of Monterey Bay’s restaurants that are sourcing locally landed and sustainably caught seafood and acknowledging the hardworking fishermen who reel it in.