California's last anchovies crowd in the Monterey Bay
Researchers say a massive decline of the fish is throwing off the ecosystem
Erika Mahoney, Reporter/Producer, UPDATED: 01:13 PM PDT Oct 21, 2015

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MOSS LANDING, Calif. -

Several conservation groups and whale watching operators are very concerned about the anchovies in the Monterey Bay.
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They're worried they're being over-fished, and want something to be done about it. Recently, fishermen have been hauling out 120 tons of anchovies every night, but those anchovies are some of the last along California's coast.


Oceana’s Geoff Shester said there hasn’t been an analysis on anchovies in more than 20 years.

"The anchovy abundance out here, and off the entire state, has gotten to some of the lowest we've seen since the 1950s," Shester said. "Scientists are calling it an actual collapse."

"We're really worried that right now we are seeing major die-offs of sea lion pups and pelicans because they're starving and not able to reproduce," Shester said. "And that's because there's not enough sardines and anchovies out there."

"We've noticed the numbers of whales have dropped significantly," Black said. "We were seeing maybe up to 60 or 70 whales, and now there's about 15 or so scattered out."

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