By Dianne Hardisty, The Bakersfield Californian
An industry was saved when businesses and environmentalists decided to work together, rather than fight. And now Californians are being offered a feast of Pacific coastal fish that once faced extinction.
In the early 2000s, the groundfish population off California’s coast collapsed. Overfishing and the dragging of heavy nets and equipment along the ocean bottom had destroyed the habitats and drastically reduced the numbers of some of the best-tasting fish, including those with such popular names as sand dabs, sole, flounder and chilipepper rockfish. >> READ MORE