Mission

To ensure sustainable fisheries, resilient communities, and a healthy ocean for years to come.

The Big Idea

The Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust (MBFT) increases community access to healthy, local, sustainably caught seafood while preserving an integral part of the economy, heritage, and culture of Monterey Bay. To achieve this, we partner with fishermen, seafood businesses, government, scientists, food relief groups, chefs, and restaurants, to put more local food on local plates. We aim to increase food equity and security, support working waterfronts, ensure dollars spent locally are reinvested locally, and build community. While multiple organizations in the region work to support small-scale farmers and ranchers, MBFT is the only organization focused on supporting a local, sustainable fishing industry. Together, we can build a thriving and resilient fishing industry in Monterey Bay with seafood as a cornerstone of our local food system.

As long as the Trust is here, we will have additional groundfish quota for my operation when I need it and at a discounted rate. Given so many uncertainties with fishing nowadays, having that dependability is golden.

- Jiri Nozicka