With its deep blue waters now teeming with life, it’s hard to fathom that there was a time when whales, otters, sardines, kelp and other marine life were stricken here, fished to near depletion or driven elsewhere by the warming and changing of the currents.
While natural and man-made pressures still persist, seeing the bay now is to view it through the lens of what many consider a model success story of ocean conservation.
Today, the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary is the largest protected ocean area in the continental United States... Читать дальше...