After weeks of delay, due to the presence of migrating whales off the Central California coast, Monterey Bay’s Dungeness crab season is set to open Thursday, Dec. 16.
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Fishermen and small business owners in the seafood industry are essential collaborators for ocean conservation and fisheries management.
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Demand for food has grown 400% since early 2020, according to our partners at the Food Bank for Monterey County. Our Community Seafood Program grew out of this urgent need.
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Building the resilience of our local seafood industry is an important element of our work. Small-scale fishermen and fishing businesses are often underrepresented and don’t have the backing and resources that larger businesses do.
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One of our most important goals is ensuring that sustainably harvested Monterey Bay seafood ends up on local dinner plates.
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We’re proud to join in the annual Monterey County Gives! campaign this year: November 11 to December 31. This unique year-end campaign is all about keeping it local…
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With big eyes, large heads, and gaping sharply-toothed mouths, lingcod have a ferocious appearance as well as a comical nickname: bucketheads. They’re not one of the most common species found on menus and fish counters, but those who know lingcod know they’re one of the tastiest fish around.
Thornyhead is a great go-to seafood ingredient, similar to rockfish, with a delicate, sweet flavor. They’re delicious especially when cooked whole and enjoyed off the bone
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Our new Community Seafood Program partners with fishermen to provide seafood to nonprofits that prepare food for community members in need.
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Buying seafood from Monterey Bay supports our local fishing community here, and it connects you directly with the people and places that produce your food. Learn more about why buying local seafood makes a difference in our community.
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Pacific Grenadier is a deep water fish known for its flaky light-pink meat and its mild sweet flavor. They’re not the prettiest looking fish, but make for great table fare, for dishes like fish tacos!
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Find seafood from Monterey Bay fishermen, markets, grocery stores, CSFs and restaurants and support the local fishing community while feeding your family nutritious, delicious sustainable seafood.
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White Seabass is a low-fat fish with a mild flavor, known for its firm, meaty texture. The meat has thick, large white flakes that hold up well to grilling, baking or frying.
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Women are an integral part of our fishing community, often running the family businesses that bring seafood from the ocean to our tables. Meet Heidi Rhodes, Jenn Gerard Lovewell, and Kristen Deyerle, who all work in local family fishing businesses.
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Less common in stores and fish markets, Rock Crabs are often ignored in favor of Dungeness crabs, but they are plentiful and delicious. With wide, thick shells, a brick-red color and black-tipped claws, these crustaceans make fantastic table fare (but look out for their painful pinch - they don’t let go!).
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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.
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In partnership with California FarmLink (CFL), we recently released the California Small Fisheries Business Technical Assistance (TA) Toolkit. This document provides a foundation for how fisheries lenders can structure and offer TA services for fisheries businesses and potential borrowers.
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We’re pleased to release the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust 2020 Impact Report. It goes without saying, the COVID-19 crisis dramatically impacted just about everyone, including our community members who harvest, process, prepare, and distribute seafood. We’re proud of the Monterey Bay fishing community for its resolve and creativity to deal with unprecedented times.
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A trawl is a method of net fishing where a funnel-shaped net (much like a windsock) is towed behind the boat to capture fish. There are bottom trawls, which primarily target groundfish that live on or near the seafloor, and mid-water trawls (also known as pelagic trawls) that target fish in the mid-and surface water column like Pacific Whiting.
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Longlines in the Monterey Bay are used to catch fish that live near the ocean floor with hundreds of baited hooks set and left to soak from just a few hours to a whole day. Species harvested with this method include sablefish, rockfish, lingcod, flounders, and soles.
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