The Monthly Newsletter With All of Your Monterey Bay Fisheries Updates

MAY 2024

Dear Emily,

As the days get longer and warmer, there is much to look forward to as the seasons shift. Read below for a recap on this year's dungeness crab season (as well as a look to the future), learn about our upcoming Week of Seafood Giving campaign, an update in our Get Hooked schedule, a wonderful rockfish recipe from Maligne owner and chef, Klaus Georis, and more.

Crab Season Confidential:

A Look Back, Current Realities and What's Next

The 2024 crab season was many things for area fishermen—a fleeting endeavor, a true lifeline, a preamble for more management decisions.

Now that it has ended south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line—as of April 8—it’s a good time to look back at how it went, how current experimental permits keep it going, for some, and how potential regulatory changes will affect its future.

Let's feed the community!

Help us reach our goal to donate over 500 meals

in the Week of Seafood Giving

June 10th - June 16th

Stay tuned for more information on the impact of the Community Seafood Program and how to give to this campaign, raising money to purchase seafood from our local fishermen, to donate to our food relief partners.

SALT WOOD DINNER POST-PONED

We are looking forward to a wonderful event at Salt Wood Kitchen and Oysterette, however, due to some fantastic updates they are doing at the restaurant, we will be rescheduling this dinner from June 6th to AUGUST (date to be determined soon).

It's been an amazing dinner series so far this year, and we look forward to seeing you at the next one in July at Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove!

See the Updated Line Up

The Director's Corner

a monthly digest from

Executive Director Melissa Mahoney

Why local seafood is hard to find…

The most common question we get asked is “Where can I get local seafood?” You’d think that would be as easy as searching online, going down to the harbor, or to your local fish market. Especially living on the Monterey Bay, where fishing has been part of our culture for centuries, why isn’t it more obvious where to find and buy fresh, local seafood?

SEASONAL SEAFOOD RECIPE

Monterey Rockfish Crudo

courtesy of Klaus Georis of Malign

Following an incredible Get Hooked Dinner event at Maligne last night, we’re still raving and not ready to let the flavors leave our palate! So we asked chef and owner, Klaus Georis, to share his favorite way to prepare Monterey’s seafood staple: Rockfish.

Get the Recipe

Thank You to Our Generous Donors

We are deeply grateful to the Monterey Peninsula Foundation for a renewed grant and our continued partnership! A big thank you to Ashleigh Poland and Chef Justin Robarge at Folktale Winery, and all who attended our April Get Hooked dinner for helping to raise funds for the Community Seafood Program! Thank you also to our two new 10th Anniversary Seafood Celebration sponsors, Monterey Credit Union and Montage Health! To learn more about the celebration or to become a sponsor, visit https://montereybayfisheriestrust.org/anniversary-event.

Don't forget to save the date

for our 10th Anniversary Seafood Celebration

September 29th!

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