MONTEREY, CA – Recent travels brought my family and me to the Monterey Bay area for a few days to enjoy this unique slice of coastal California.
Our hotel, as it turned out, was conveniently located immediately next door to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
So, being me, I slipped away from the hotel one morning for a visit. But not just any visit – I scored a tour of the aquarium and an interesting sit-down meeting with Corey Peet.
You may not recognize that name, but Corey is the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s aquaculture program manager. An important job.
He heads a staff of about 15 with a broad range of responsibilities that includes overseeing the aquarium’s well-known Seafood Watch program.
This program, which has its fans and critics, is designed – according to the aquarium – to provide science-based recommendations that will help consumers and businesses make wise seafood choices from both the wild capture fisheries and from aquaculture.
A large part of the funding for the program comes from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation…
…read the rest and much, much more in Issue 2, 2015 of Fish Farming News.
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