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Crushed plastic water bottle with a blue cap littering a sandy beach, with ocean waves and wooden posts visible in the background

Statement

Newsom fails to advance key plastic pollution regulations

Mar. 7, 2025

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Julie Packard, Executive Director, in front of the Kelp Forest exhibit

Press release

Executive Director Julie Packard announces transition to Board of Trustees

Jan. 15, 2025

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Waves at a Pacific Grove beach with California mussels on the rocks and a Western gull nearby during king tides

Press release

Aquarium applauds historic ocean protection move

Jan. 6, 2025

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Calm blue ocean filling the bottom half, clear blue sky above with a single stretched white cloud

Press release

Aquarium supports EPA action on plastic pollution

Nov. 21, 2024

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Pacific bluefin tuna illustration

Press release

Bluefin tuna achieves first yellow rating in 25 years

Oct. 7, 2024

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Statement

FAQs on Seafood Watch’s North Atlantic right whale risk assessments

Jun. 1, 2023

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Statement

Response from Monterey Bay Aquarium on calls to reverse recent Seafood Watch red ratings

Oct. 5, 2022

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Seafood Watch responds to red rating misinformation on right whale fisheries

Sep. 16, 2022

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Seafood Watch assigns red ratings to high-risk right whale fisheries

Sep. 5, 2022

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Statement

Seafood Watch seeks feedback on fisheries affecting right whales

Feb. 7, 2022

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