It “is really considered the global gold standard for science-based seafood sustainability,” Julie Packard, the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, told the Herald recently.

It’s the 25th anniversary of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, a global effort to encourage consumers and chefs to use fish deemed sustainable by a team of experts.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has managed the Seafood Watch list since 1999 to encourage the food industry and consumers to avoid types of fish that are being harvested in unsustainable numbers.

MONTEREY – An exotic “tsunami fish” has been hanging out near the Monterey breakwater wall off San Carlos Beach, for the past month. Since Oct. 15, Nicholas Ta,27, and Dennis Marshall Lewis ...

Starr said the waters of Monterey Bay are about 9 degrees F (5 degrees C) cooler that what the fish are used to in Japan. Fish from warmer areas can survive the cold, but they often can’t reproduce.

So, if fishing is really, really good on Saturday, it could be the only open salmon day for the year. There will be be hundreds of boats chasing kings on Monterey Bay this weekend, ...

MONTEREY – In the past few years, “sustainable” has become somewhat of a buzzword, with companies around the world scrambling to brand their products in a way that will make them appealing ...

To the staff of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, it was a no-brainer to do something to address this issue. In the nearly 40 years since the aquarium opened its doors, its impact has expanded far beyond ...