West Coast is Seeing Record Catches Thanks to Environmentalists and Activists

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By Christina Sarich

By the year 2000, most of the groundfish that was usually sought by commercial fisheries on the West Coast were completely gone. California’s waterfront restaurants used to serve seafood that came straight from its shores, but for years now it has been imported from places like China. With the help of activists and environmentalists, though, the groundfish are returning.

Before, fish like sand dabs and petrale sole were plentiful, but once they all but disappeared, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program moved most species of West Coast groundfish on to their red “Avoid” list. By 2005, the nonprofits Oceana …read more

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