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.

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 ...

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, ...

Though we are limited to waters inside of the 120-foot line, there are plenty of fish on the local reefs near Monterey and Santa Cruz. Rockfish and lingcod are even more numerous.

The Monterey Bay squid season is off to a slow start. Fishing boats are still coming back empty-handed, and catches are few and far between. "Time will tell in May and June, then they'll show up.

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 ...