Monterey's Old Fishermans Wharf Association

Continues Wharf Walks at Monterey's Old Fisherman's

Wharf" on Saturday, Septemer !, "#$% &ith "Sardine
'ales of the Monterey (ay"
The Monterey Old Fishermans Wharf Association continues to team up with noted Monterey Bay
Fisheries Historian and author, Tim Thomas, who is offering monthly Wharf Wals! " Waling Tours at
Old Fishermans Wharf in Monterey
Monterey, #A, August $%, $&'% " The Monterey Old Fishermans Wharf Association continues to
team up with noted Monterey Bay Fisheries Historian and author, Tim Thomas, who is offering
monthly Wharf Walks - Walking Tours at Old Fishermans Wharf in Monterey
www!montereywharf!com" on the first #aturday of e$ery month from %&'&& (M ) *oon! Wharf
Walks will +e held on #aturday, #eptem+er ,th with -#ardine Tales of the Monterey Bay!- Tours
meet at the head of .ld Fisherman/s Wharf near the pink Har+or House store, 0% Old
Fishermans Wharf, Monterey! (d$ance reser$ations are re1uired +y calling Tim Thomas at
23%" 45%-33&6 or $ia email timsardine7yahoo!com! The tour is for ages %&)adult only and the
cost is 85& for adults and kids are 8%4 %&-%4 years"! 9roup :ates are also a$aila+le! *;W< (fter
the Wharf Walk, en=oy a complimentary appeti>er of delicious calamari s1uid" - either traditional
style or pesto calamari - with your purchased entree at ?aluca Trattoria located at the head of the
Wharf!
For thousands of years people ha$e made their li$ing fishing the Monterey Bay, +eginning with the
:umsien .hlone, the *ati$e ?eople of the Monterey area! From a+alone to rockfish, e$erything
was fished and utili>ed and the Monterey Bay was a multi-cultural stew, made up of whalers from
the (>ores, s1uid fishermen from @hina, salmon fishermen and a+alone di$ers from Aapan, and
#icilians fishing sardines in the dark of the moon! This entertaining tour of .ld Fisherman/s
Wharf and the waterfront will take us +ack in time to eBplore the history of the Monterey Wharf,
early history of the Monterey waterfront, The :umsienC.hlone ?eople--MontereyDs first fishermen,
the a+alone industry, whaling the +ay and of course, the legendary sardine industry! Eisco$er
some of the people and cultures of Monterey/s colorful past and hear fascinating stories a+out .ld
Fisherman/s Wharf and those who worked and walked there! Fearn more a+out the sardine and
s1uid industry, too!
Tim Thomas, fourth-generation nati$e of the Monterey area, is a popular speaker and li$ely tour
guide! For %, years, he was historian and curator for the Monterey Maritime G History Museum
and has worked with the Monterey Bay (1uarium, @alifornia #tate ?arks and the Monterey Bay
*ational Marine #anctuary! He is author of -The (+alone Hing of Monterey' D?opD ;rnest Eoelter,-
The Aapanese on the Monterey ?eninsula and co-author of Monterey/s Waterfront!
For more information, go to www!montereywharf!com
Contact:
Wendy Brickman
Brickman Marketing
3I4 Eel Monte @enter 054&
Monterey, @( I3I6&
23%-,33-6666
http'CCwww!BrickmanMarketing!com
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