What Is Available? The cold nutrient rich waters of Monterey Bay are highly productive, and provide us with a cornucopia of seafood that varies throughout the year. Generally we offer one species each week. Below is an example of fresh seafood you may see from Local Catch Monterey Bay.

• Albacore Tuna
• Cabezon
• California Halibut
• California Spiny Lobster
• Chinook Salmon 
• Dungeness Crab 
• Lingcod
• Market Squid
• Miyagi Oysters (farmed)
• Opah
• Pacific Dover Sole
• Pacific Herring
• Pacific Pompano
• Pacific Sanddabs
• Pacific Sardines
• Petrale Sole (AKA California Sole)
• Red Abalone (farmed)
• Rex Sole
• Rockfish (Rock cod)
• Rock Crab
• Sablefish (Black cod)
• Starry Flounder
• Swordfish
• Thornyhead (Shortspine and Longspine)
• White Seabass

Spring (March – May)

Summer (June – August)

Fall (September – November)

Winter (December – February)

*Original Drawings by students in UCSC Professor Don Croll’s Fall 2011 Marine Conservation Biology class: Brianna Michaud, Shelby Kawana, Keiko Iida, and Jenn Cossaboon

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Sustainability at Local Catch Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Fishing Gear Profiles
Seafood and Your Health
Recipes