Monterey Bay Area

seafood seasons

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**Please Note! The 2008 Chinook Salmon Season has been closed in California and Oregon due to low returns on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers

**The Pacific Sardine fishery has reached its quota for 2008. Fresh-caught sardines will be available again starting in January 2009

(information is still being collected)

Off the Boat
Fisherman	Harbor, City	Boat, Dock, Slip	Contact	Fish
Martin Towne	Santa Cruz	F/V Hot Spot Dock R	Â	Salmon (weekends when in season)
John Hulliger	Santa Cruz	F/V Gayle Dock T	831-229-2677	-Dungeness Crab -Salmon
Bob Wise	Santa Cruz	F/V AdaC S-14	Â	-Dungeness Crab -Salmon
Vicki Crow	Moss Landing	F/V Tina Louise Dock A	831-229-7373	Â
William Maidhof	Between Bodega Bay and Santa Cruz	F/V Ocean Citizen	707-953-1410	-Albacore Tuna -Box Crab -Dungeness Crab -Rockfish (live and fresh)

Farmers Markets
Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market	Lincoln & Cedar	Wed 2:30-6:30pm	Hans Haverman & Heidi Rhodes
Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market	Western Dr. & Division St.	Sat 9am-2pm (seasonal)	Hans Haverman & Heidi Rhodes
Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Market	Fremont & Phisher, Monterey	Thur 2:30-6:30pm (May-Nov)	Hans Haverman & Heidi Rhodes

Restaurants that buy directly from local fishermen
CafÃ© Fina	47 Fishermen’s Wharf 1, Monterey	800-THE-FINA www.cafefina.com	Mainly dungeness crab, chinook salmon
Flaherty’s Oyster Bar & Seafood	6th Ave., between Dolores & San Carlos, Carmel-by-the-Sea	831-625-1500 www.carmelsbest.com/flahertys

Please notify us if you know of any fisherman (or if you are a commercial fisherman) that sells seafood directly to consumers. Help us expand this public resource!

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