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it was overfishing. Others say it was environmental. It was probably probably was It environmental. was it say Others overfishing. was it

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builds the luxurious Hotel del Monte, “Queen of American of “Queen Monte, del Hotel luxurious the builds

all the sardines go?” The answer is we really don’t know. Some say say Some know. don’t really we is answer The go?” sardines the all

Railroad buys the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad and Railroad Valley Salinas & Monterey the buys Railroad fishery finally did collapse, everyone wanted to know, “Where did did “Where know, to wanted everyone collapse, did finally fishery

and the Aquarium. the and

Scavenger Hunt Scavenger

warning signs and tried to tell an indifferent industry. When the the When industry. indifferent an tell to tried and signs warning

—The Southern Pacific Pacific Southern —The 1880 Follow the brown directional signs to Cannery Row parking parking Row Cannery to signs directional brown the Follow

Monterey sardine fishery from the beginning, had seen early early seen had beginning, the from fishery sardine Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf, then through the tunnel to Foam Street. Street. Foam to tunnel the through then Wharf, Fisherman’s

Bronze Statues Bronze

Department of Fish and Game, who had been monitoring the the monitoring been had who Game, and Fish of Department primarily for rockfish. rockfish. for primarily

Del Monte Avenue and continue (in the right two lanes) past past lanes) two right the (in continue and Avenue Monte Del

would last forever-almost everyone. Scientists from the California California the from Scientists everyone. forever-almost last would begin to arrive to fish, to arrive to begin

turn right. Just past the Visitor Information Center, turn left on on left turn Center, Information Visitor the past Just right. turn

Murals

chicken feed. Everyone thought it it thought Everyone feed. chicken

Francisco. Other fishermen Other Francisco.

brown directional signs on Fremont to Camino El Estero, and and Estero, El Camino to Fremont on signs directional brown

them into cans or grind them for for them grind or cans into them

to large markets, like San San like markets, large to

merging, and exit immediately onto Fremont Street. Follow the the Follow Street. Fremont onto immediately exit and merging,

Cheap labor was available to put put to available was labor Cheap

Interpretive Signs Interpretive

have a way to get fresh fish fish fresh get to way a have

Exit Highway 68 to Highway 1 south. Stay in the right lane after after lane right the in Stay south. 1 Highway to 68 Highway Exit

sardines were pursed into the nets. nets. the into pursed were sardines

California. Now fishermen Now California. From Route 68 West West 68 Route From got bigger, and more and more more and more and bigger, got

narrow- gauge railroads in in railroads gauge narrow- e m i T in k c Ba alk W a ake T and inexpensive food. The boats boats The food. inexpensive and

Railroad Company begins operating one of the earliest the of one operating begins Company Railroad Cannery Row. Cannery they were a source of healthy healthy of source a were they

demand for sardines grew because because grew sardines for demand to the end. You’ll see the Aquarium and signs for parking on on parking for signs and Aquarium the see You’ll end. the to -In October of 1874, the Monterey & Salinas Valley Valley Salinas & Monterey the 1874, of October -In 1874

During the Great Depression, the the Depression, Great the During miles to David Avenue, then turn right and follow David Avenue Avenue David follow and right turn then Avenue, David to miles

Cannery Row. Row. Cannery Exit Highway 1 at Highway 68 West / Pacific Grove. Continue 4 4 Continue Grove. Pacific / West 68 Highway at 1 Highway Exit

to the local economy. economy. local the to whaling stations on Monterey Bay, including one along along one including Bay, Monterey on stations whaling From Highway 1 South 1 Highway From

employing hundreds of workers and bringing in millions of dollars dollars of millions in bringing and workers of hundreds employing

San Francisco because of the California Gold Rush establish establish Rush Gold California the of because Francisco San

World.” At its height, there were 19 canneries and reduction plants, plants, reduction and canneries 19 were there height, its At World.”

Monterey Bay Aquarium. Portuguese whalers marooned in in marooned whalers Portuguese Aquarium. Bay Monterey and the Aquarium. Aquarium. the and

were responsible for making Monterey the “Sardine Capital of the the of Capital “Sardine the Monterey making for responsible were

Follow the brown directional signs to Cannery Row parking parking Row Cannery to signs directional brown the Follow between the current site of Hopkins Marine Lab and the and Lab Marine Hopkins of site current the between

who had roots from all over of the world. Eventually, these workers workers these Eventually, world. the of over all from roots had who

Fisherman’s Wharf, then through the tunnel to Foam Street. Street. Foam to tunnel the through then Wharf, Fisherman’s

the Monterey area. They set up a fishing village that spreads spreads that village fishing a up set They area. Monterey the Soon other canners followed, and the street bustled with workers workers with bustled street the and followed, canners other Soon

Del Monte Avenue and continue (in the right two lanes) past past lanes) two right the (in continue and Avenue Monte Del of Chinese fishermen and their families begin arriving in arriving begin families their and fishermen Chinese of

turn right. Just past the Visitor Information Center, turn left on on left turn Center, Information Visitor the past Just right. turn as the 31st state. Sometime in the early 1850s, a small group small a 1850s, early the in Sometime state. 31st the as on the row. the on

brown directional signs on Fremont to Camino El Estero, and and Estero, El Camino to Fremont on signs directional brown By 1896, he had developed Monterey’s first Japanese colony right right colony Japanese first Monterey’s developed had he 1896, By -On September 9, 1850, California enters the Union the enters California 1850, 9, September -On 1850s

Bay Aquarium sign, and exit onto Fremont Street. Follow the the Follow Street. Fremont onto exit and sign, Aquarium Bay owned and operated by Otosaburo Noda, a Japanese businessman. businessman. Japanese a Noda, Otosaburo by operated and owned

The first real cannery, The Pacific Mutual Fish Company, was Company, Fish Mutual Pacific The cannery, real first The Take Highway 1 south to Monterey. Look for the Monterey Monterey the for Look Monterey. to south 1 Highway Take McAbee Beach. Beach. McAbee

From Highway 1 North 1 Highway From longboats on what is now now is what on longboats

they spent a lot of time in the cold waters of Monterey Bay. Monterey of waters cold the in time of lot a spent they

that Bouchard landed his landed Bouchard that

“surfer’s ear,” a bony growth that closes the ear opening, indicating indicating opening, ear the closes that growth bony a ear,” “surfer’s

Monterey. It is believed believed is It Monterey.

in ancient burial sites. Some of the males had what is known as as known is what had males the of Some sites. burial ancient in

el m Car burns and briefly seizes briefly and burns

were also the first divers in the bay, as proven by evidence uncovered uncovered evidence by proven as bay, the in divers first the also were

Hipólito Bouchard attacks, attacks, Bouchard Hipólito grows throughout the Monterey Peninsula). The Rumsien people people Rumsien The Peninsula). Monterey the throughout grows

Argentinean revolutionary revolutionary Argentinean small boats made of tule (a long reed that that reed long (a tule of made boats small 68 Monterey

anchovies and rockfishes in the bay, using using bay, the in rockfishes and anchovies s Salina -French privateer and privateer -French 1818

along the coastline and fished for sardines, sardines, for fished and coastline the along

this peaceful community harvested abalone abalone harvested community peaceful this a harbor for Spanish galleons and claims California for Spain. for California claims and galleons Spanish for harbor a 101

ide s Sea Monterey. Almost five thousand years ago, ago, years thousand five Almost Monterey. -Sebastian Vizcaíno lands at Monterey Bay in search of search in Bay Monterey at lands Vizcaíno -Sebastian 1602

the Rumsien Ohlone, the native people of of people native the Ohlone, Rumsien the

The first real “commercial” fishermen were were fishermen “commercial” real first The the Cannery Row area, entering Monterey Bay. Bay. Monterey entering area, Row Cannery the

1

Marina making a living by fishing Monterey Bay. Bay. Monterey fishing by living a making H G los Pinos, later named Point of Pines (Point Pinos) and rounds rounds and Pinos) (Point Pines of Point named later Pinos, los

ere etting people lived and worked in this place, place, this in worked and lived people Tour Walking

-Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sights the Bahia de de Bahia the sights Cabrillo Rodriguez Juan -Explorer 1542

Even before there was a Cannery Row, Row, Cannery a was there before Even

maintain a complex society dependent on fishing and hunting. and fishing on dependent society complex a maintain

story about Monterey’s sardine industry. sardine Monterey’s about story

becoming Monterey’s first commercial fishermen. They They fishermen. commercial first Monterey’s becoming

was then called Ocean View Boulevard for a a for Boulevard View Ocean called then was

Monterey waterfront and fish the bay in boats made of tule, of made boats in bay the fish and waterfront Monterey

term “Cannery Row” when referencing what what referencing when Row” “Cannery term

region, the Rumsien Ohlone, build small villages along the along villages small build Ohlone, Rumsien the region,

Monterey paper who, in 1919, first coined the the coined first 1919, in who, paper Monterey

-The native people of the Monterey Monterey the of people native -The 1769 to BCE 3000 It was an anonymous writer for the local local the for writer anonymous an was It

Timeline A Brief History Brief A

More to Explore Cannery Row Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Displayed outside the City of Monterey Parking Garage are plaques that $ describe and illustrate the five principal marine species that were commercially harvested from Monterey Bay and R 13-15 processed on Cannery Row. Although sardines were the most noted fish to Monterey R be harvested, others included squid, Bay B M chameleon rockfish, chinook salmon 10-12 Aquarium and red abalone. 16 B 18 19 20  21 There are several bronze memorial sculptures throughout Cannery Row Cannery Row Cannery Row. John Steinbeck, B 17 $ P Ed “Doc” Rickets, Kalisa Moore “The Queen of Cannery Row” and 4-9  the Cannery Divers’ Memorial M M were all created by Sculptor Jesse Recreation Trail Corsaut. Located in Steinbeck 3 2 Plaza is the newest and most    R prominent, the Cannery Row P P P 22  B 23 Memorial, created by Sculptor Steven White. Nine life-size Wave Street Cannery Row figures memorialize the people who have played an integral Reeside Avenue Prescott Avenue Hoffman Avenue McClellan Avenue Drake Avenue David Avenue Irving Avenue F 1 F B role in shaping the history of Cannery Row.

Pacific ¢ R $ ¢ Along the recreational trail, there are Grove P M 25 24 three, full-color, larger-than-life-size murals of Monterey’s cannery workers P Recreation Trail engaged in various activities. The murals were created from black and P white photographs by Salinas muralist P P Downtown Monterey John Cerney. A fourth mural on McAbee Beach depicts two Chinese fishermen Foam Street Foam Street readying their boat for fishing.

fishermen are catching sardines in the Monterey Bay once again. once Bay Monterey the in sardines catching are fishermen m oo R tory s i H ornia f Cali rary, b i L c li b Pu Monterey hy: p Photogra al c tori s i H ide s n I Continued

ultant s Con c tori s i H Seavey, ent K ext: T and s el b a L Cannery both. Today, the California sardine industry is fully recovered, and and recovered, fully is industry sardine California the Today, both.

Watering Places.” Watering

torian s i H s herie s Fi , s a m ho T m i T eline: m i T

it was overfishing. Others say it was environmental. It was probably probably was It environmental. was it say Others overfishing. was it

iation c o Ass ss ine s Bu w o R Cannery By: ed c Produ

builds the luxurious Hotel del Monte, “Queen of American American of “Queen Monte, del Hotel luxurious the builds

all the sardines go?” The answer is we really don’t know. Some say say Some know. don’t really we is answer The go?” sardines the all

Railroad buys the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad and and Railroad Valley Salinas & Monterey the buys Railroad fishery finally did collapse, everyone wanted to know, “Where did did “Where know, to wanted everyone collapse, did finally fishery

and the Aquarium. the and

Scavenger Hunt Scavenger

warning signs and tried to tell an indifferent industry. When the the When industry. indifferent an tell to tried and signs warning

—The Southern Pacific Pacific Southern —The 1880 Follow the brown directional signs to Cannery Row parking parking Row Cannery to signs directional brown the Follow

Monterey sardine fishery from the beginning, had seen early early seen had beginning, the from fishery sardine Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf, then through the tunnel to Foam Street. Street. Foam to tunnel the through then Wharf, Fisherman’s

Bronze Statues Bronze

Department of Fish and Game, who had been monitoring the the monitoring been had who Game, and Fish of Department primarily for rockfish. rockfish. for primarily

Del Monte Avenue and continue (in the right two lanes) past past lanes) two right the (in continue and Avenue Monte Del

would last forever-almost everyone. Scientists from the California California the from Scientists everyone. forever-almost last would begin to arrive to fish, fish, to arrive to begin

turn right. Just past the Visitor Information Center, turn left on on left turn Center, Information Visitor the past Just right. turn

Murals

chicken feed. Everyone thought it it thought Everyone feed. chicken

Francisco. Other fishermen fishermen Other Francisco.

brown directional signs on Fremont to Camino El Estero, and and Estero, El Camino to Fremont on signs directional brown

them into cans or grind them for for them grind or cans into them

to large markets, like San San like markets, large to

merging, and exit immediately onto Fremont Street. Follow the the Follow Street. Fremont onto immediately exit and merging,

Cheap labor was available to put put to available was labor Cheap

Interpretive Signs Interpretive

have a way to get fresh fish fish fresh get to way a have

Exit Highway 68 to Highway 1 south. Stay in the right lane after after lane right the in Stay south. 1 Highway to 68 Highway Exit

sardines were pursed into the nets. nets. the into pursed were sardines

California. Now fishermen fishermen Now California. From Route 68 West West 68 Route From got bigger, and more and more more and more and bigger, got

narrow- gauge railroads in in railroads gauge narrow- e m i T in k c Ba alk W a ake T and inexpensive food. The boats boats The food. inexpensive and

Railroad Company begins operating one of the earliest earliest the of one operating begins Company Railroad Cannery Row. Cannery they were a source of healthy healthy of source a were they

demand for sardines grew because because grew sardines for demand to the end. You’ll see the Aquarium and signs for parking on on parking for signs and Aquarium the see You’ll end. the to -In October of 1874, the Monterey & Salinas Valley Valley Salinas & Monterey the 1874, of October -In 1874

During the Great Depression, the the Depression, Great the During miles to David Avenue, then turn right and follow David Avenue Avenue David follow and right turn then Avenue, David to miles

Cannery Row. Row. Cannery Exit Highway 1 at Highway 68 West / Pacific Grove. Continue 4 4 Continue Grove. Pacific / West 68 Highway at 1 Highway Exit

to the local economy. economy. local the to whaling stations on Monterey Bay, including one along along one including Bay, Monterey on stations whaling From Highway 1 South 1 Highway From

employing hundreds of workers and bringing in millions of dollars dollars of millions in bringing and workers of hundreds employing

San Francisco because of the California Gold Rush establish establish Rush Gold California the of because Francisco San

World.” At its height, there were 19 canneries and reduction plants, plants, reduction and canneries 19 were there height, its At World.”

Monterey Bay Aquarium. Portuguese whalers marooned in in marooned whalers Portuguese Aquarium. Bay Monterey and the Aquarium. Aquarium. the and

were responsible for making Monterey the “Sardine Capital of the the of Capital “Sardine the Monterey making for responsible were

Follow the brown directional signs to Cannery Row parking parking Row Cannery to signs directional brown the Follow between the current site of Hopkins Marine Lab and the the and Lab Marine Hopkins of site current the between

who had roots from all over of the world. Eventually, these workers workers these Eventually, world. the of over all from roots had who

Fisherman’s Wharf, then through the tunnel to Foam Street. Street. Foam to tunnel the through then Wharf, Fisherman’s

the Monterey area. They set up a fishing village that spreads spreads that village fishing a up set They area. Monterey the Soon other canners followed, and the street bustled with workers workers with bustled street the and followed, canners other Soon

Del Monte Avenue and continue (in the right two lanes) past past lanes) two right the (in continue and Avenue Monte Del of Chinese fishermen and their families begin arriving in in arriving begin families their and fishermen Chinese of

turn right. Just past the Visitor Information Center, turn left on on left turn Center, Information Visitor the past Just right. turn as the 31st state. Sometime in the early 1850s, a small group group small a 1850s, early the in Sometime state. 31st the as on the row. the on

brown directional signs on Fremont to Camino El Estero, and and Estero, El Camino to Fremont on signs directional brown By 1896, he had developed Monterey’s first Japanese colony right right colony Japanese first Monterey’s developed had he 1896, By -On September 9, 1850, California enters the Union Union the enters California 1850, 9, September -On 1850s

Bay Aquarium sign, and exit onto Fremont Street. Follow the the Follow Street. Fremont onto exit and sign, Aquarium Bay owned and operated by Otosaburo Noda, a Japanese businessman. businessman. Japanese a Noda, Otosaburo by operated and owned

The first real cannery, The Pacific Mutual Fish Company, was Company, Fish Mutual Pacific The cannery, real first The Take Highway 1 south to Monterey. Look for the Monterey Monterey the for Look Monterey. to south 1 Highway Take McAbee Beach. Beach. McAbee

From Highway 1 North 1 Highway From longboats on what is now now is what on longboats

they spent a lot of time in the cold waters of Monterey Bay. Monterey of waters cold the in time of lot a spent they

that Bouchard landed his his landed Bouchard that

“surfer’s ear,” a bony growth that closes the ear opening, indicating indicating opening, ear the closes that growth bony a ear,” “surfer’s

Monterey. It is believed believed is It Monterey.

in ancient burial sites. Some of the males had what is known as as known is what had males the of Some sites. burial ancient in

el m Car burns and briefly seizes seizes briefly and burns

were also the first divers in the bay, as proven by evidence uncovered uncovered evidence by proven as bay, the in divers first the also were

Hipólito Bouchard attacks, attacks, Bouchard Hipólito grows throughout the Monterey Peninsula). The Rumsien people people Rumsien The Peninsula). Monterey the throughout grows

Argentinean revolutionary revolutionary Argentinean small boats made of tule (a long reed that that reed long (a tule of made boats small 68 Monterey

anchovies and rockfishes in the bay, using using bay, the in rockfishes and anchovies s Salina -French privateer and and privateer -French 1818

along the coastline and fished for sardines, sardines, for fished and coastline the along

this peaceful community harvested abalone abalone harvested community peaceful this a harbor for Spanish galleons and claims California for Spain. for California claims and galleons Spanish for harbor a 101

ide s Sea Monterey. Almost five thousand years ago, ago, years thousand five Almost Monterey. -Sebastian Vizcaíno lands at Monterey Bay in search of of search in Bay Monterey at lands Vizcaíno -Sebastian 1602

the Rumsien Ohlone, the native people of of people native the Ohlone, Rumsien the

The first real “commercial” fishermen were were fishermen “commercial” real first The the Cannery Row area, entering Monterey Bay. Bay. Monterey entering area, Row Cannery the

1

Marina making a living by fishing Monterey Bay. Bay. Monterey fishing by living a making H G los Pinos, later named Point of Pines (Point Pinos) and rounds rounds and Pinos) (Point Pines of Point named later Pinos, los

ere etting people lived and worked in this place, place, this in worked and lived people Tour Walking

-Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sights the Bahia de de Bahia the sights Cabrillo Rodriguez Juan -Explorer 1542

Even before there was a Cannery Row, Row, Cannery a was there before Even

maintain a complex society dependent on fishing and hunting. and fishing on dependent society complex a maintain

story about Monterey’s sardine industry. sardine Monterey’s about story

becoming Monterey’s first commercial fishermen. They They fishermen. commercial first Monterey’s becoming

was then called Ocean View Boulevard for a a for Boulevard View Ocean called then was

Monterey waterfront and fish the bay in boats made of tule, tule, of made boats in bay the fish and waterfront Monterey

term “Cannery Row” when referencing what what referencing when Row” “Cannery term

region, the Rumsien Ohlone, build small villages along the the along villages small build Ohlone, Rumsien the region,

Monterey paper who, in 1919, first coined the the coined first 1919, in who, paper Monterey

-The native people of the Monterey Monterey the of people native -The 1769 to BCE 3000 It was an anonymous writer for the local local the for writer anonymous an was It

Timeline A Brief History Brief A

More to Explore Cannery Row Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Displayed outside the City of Monterey Parking Garage are plaques that $ describe and illustrate the five principal marine species that were commercially harvested from Monterey Bay and R 13-15 processed on Cannery Row. Although sardines were the most noted fish to Monterey R be harvested, others included squid, Bay B M chameleon rockfish, chinook salmon 10-12 Aquarium and red abalone. 16 B 18 19 20  21 There are several bronze memorial sculptures throughout Cannery Row Cannery Row Cannery Row. John Steinbeck, B 17 $ P Ed “Doc” Rickets, Kalisa Moore “The Queen of Cannery Row” and 4-9  the Cannery Divers’ Memorial M M were all created by Sculptor Jesse Recreation Trail Corsaut. Located in Steinbeck 3 2 Plaza is the newest and most    R prominent, the Cannery Row P P P 22  B 23 Memorial, created by Sculptor Steven White. Nine life-size Wave Street Cannery Row figures memorialize the people who have played an integral Reeside Avenue Prescott Avenue Hoffman Avenue McClellan Avenue Drake Avenue David Avenue Irving Avenue F 1 F B role in shaping the history of Cannery Row.

Pacific ¢ R $ ¢ Along the recreational trail, there are Grove P M 25 24 three, full-color, larger-than-life-size murals of Monterey’s cannery workers P Recreation Trail engaged in various activities. The murals were created from black and P white photographs by Salinas muralist P P Downtown Monterey John Cerney. A fourth mural on McAbee Beach depicts two Chinese fishermen Foam Street Foam Street readying their boat for fishing. Canning Label Scavenger Hunt Timeline Continued

1892—Sport fisherman J. Hovden’s Cannery, brings in Parker Whitney introduces new technology in the form the trolling line for salmon of two boats, the Mariposa fishing and becomes the first and the Admiral. These newer known person to fish with a and larger sardine boats, The Hovden Food Products Corporation was established in rod and reel in Monterey Bay. called purse seiners, enable 1916 by Knut Hovden, a Norwegian fish processing expert, who the fishermen to make bigger was considered “King of Cannery Row.” 1895—Japanese immigrant catches with fewer men. We’ve embedded reproductions of original canning company Otosaburo Noda recognizes labels in the concrete sidewalks throughout Cannery Row. Monterey Bay’s potential 1927—Edward Ricketts, a Can you find them all? for fishing salmon and abalone and sends for fishermen from marine biologist, opens a lab Wakayama, Japan. He sets up the first Japanese colony in on Cannery Row. Monterey, right on Cannery Row. 1929—A scientist from the By canning squid and tuna, Hovden Cannery managed to stay 1897—Because of J. Parker Whitney’s trolling technique, California Department of open the longest, finally closing its doors in 1973. It was the last Monterey fishermen began to make large landings of salmon. Fish and Game warns the sardine cannery on the row to close. Frank Booth of the Sacramento River Packers Association comes sardine industry that it must take smaller catches or the The San Carlos Canning Company, owned and operated by to Monterey to check out its possible potential as a fishing port. fishery will collapse in the next 20 years. For the first time, boat owners and fishermen, was established in 1927 and a sardine season is put into place. In Monterey, the season is managed by Angelo Lucido. They canned sardines and squid. 1900—H. R. Robbins opens Monterey’s first sardine canning August 1 to Feburary 15. and reduction plant (and dance hall), located near Monterey’s wharf. 1930—Knut Hovden introduces the floating hopper as a better and The San Xavier Canning Company was established in 1923 by 1901—Hugh Tevis, a banking executive, builds a large estate faster way for the fishermen to Swiss immigrant Frank Raiter. In 1942, he built the reduction for his new bride at the lower, southern end of Cannery Row. unload their catch. plant that you can still see today. Unfortunately, Mr. Tevis never gets a chance to live in the home, The E. B. Gross Canning Company operated from 1919 to he dies while on his honeymoon. 1935—At this time, there are 19 1943. It was destroyed by an oil tank fire in 1924, then rebuilt. cannery and reduction plants 1902—Otosaburo Noda and Harry Malpas establish the employing 2,200 people. Monterey Monterey Fishing and Canning Company, becoming the first becomes known as the Sardine cannery on what was then called Ocean View Avenue. Capital of the World. 1903—Frank Booth buys out H. R. Robbins’s cannery operations 1938—There are 100 purse seiners fishing sardines in the bay. and begins experimenting with sardine canning. He becomes Peninsula Packing Company was purchased from E. B. Gross known as the father of the sardine canning industry in Monterey. 1939—California Department of Fish and Game biologist Canning Company in 1943. They canned sardines, which The California Packing Corporation bought the Pacific Fish Frances Clark again warns the industry that it must cut the were also called horse mackerel. Company in 1926. They operated the new sardine and squid fishery in half. When asked by the Monterey Herald where all processing business until 1962. the large sardines are? her reply is, “They’re all in the cans,” a quote later used by Ed Ricketts. 1941—Fishermen bring in almost 250,000 tons of sardines in the 1941-42 sardine season! Before World War II, Sicilian and Japanese Americans dominate the fishing industry. The California Frozen Fish Company was built by Sal Ventimiglia in 1945 on the site of the Japanese-owned 1942—Monterey’s Japanese Americans are forced to relocate California Fisheries Company which was founded in 1916. to detention camps. The Sea Beach Packing Company was a latecomer to Cannery 1905—University of California at Berkeley opens the Herzstein Row. Constructed in September of 1945, it operated just nine 1945—John Steinbeck’s novel Laboratory, a small marine lab for use by the Department of years before it burned down in 1953. Cannery Row is published. Physiology. It was located at the northern end of Cannery Row where, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is today. 1948—In October, while on his way to the market, Ed 1914—War breaks out in Europe, and there’s a large demand for The Enterprise Packers began operation in 1945 during Ricketts’s car stalls on the canned fish for the war effort. World War II. They canned Captain Silver sardines. railroad tracks at the corner 1916—Because of the war, Norwegian fisheries expert Knut of Wave and Drake Streets, Hovden opens his state-of-the-art cannery on Cannery Row, and he is hit by the Southern The F. E. Booth Reduction Plant, designed by city engineer, Howard next to the University of California lab. Eventually, Hovden buys Pacific Railroad train. Severance in 1917, was the only brick fish processing facility the property from the university, and it becomes the largest 1950s—The sardine industry built on Cannery Row. It produced fishmeal for chicken feed. cannery on Cannery Row. in Monterey collapses. The Oxnard Canning Company of S. A. Ferrante opened in Hint: Prescott Street October 1942 after the original cannery at Port Hueneme 1919—The demand for canned fish during World War I leads 1958—The City of Monterey had been confiscated by the government for the war effort. Monterey’s fishing and canning operations to become the area’s officially renames Ocean View primary industry, replacing tourism. In August, the California Avenue “Cannery Row.” Department of Fish and Game opens an office at Hopkins Marine Station to be near the canneries so it can monitor the rapidly growing sardine industry. The sardine fishery in Monterey and along the West Coast was The Aeneas Sardine Packing Company opened in 1945 and is the largest fishery of single fish in the history of the United States. the only cannery on the row to retain its original crossover 1920—Knut Hovden’s cannery burns to the ground. When he Originally built in 1917, the Japanese-owned and operated rebuilds, he introduces the use of steam to cook his sardines. Great Western Sardine Company became the Sea Pride from cannery to warehouse. Packing Company in 1925. They canned sardines and squid. 1924—On September 14, lightning strikes one of the Associated Oil Company’s open oil tanks, and it explodes. The ensuing fire The Del Mar Canning Company, under the leadership of Ed destroys several canneries. G. Harper and A. M. Allen built the Mission Revival-style Monterey David, operated from 1928 to 1947 on the site of an earlier 1916 Canning Company in 1918 on the site of the former Chinese- Japanese-owned reduction plant. Besides sardines and squid, 1926—Due to a fishermen’s operated Monterey Fish Canning Company (1910–1916). the plant packed rock cod. strike, Knut Hovden, of

Interpretive Signs - A Detailed Historical Account of Life and Times on Cannery Row Legend

1 Building Cannery Row 6 The Spanish Community 11 Science 16 The Del Mar Canning Company 21 Hurray for Hollywood P Parking B Bronze Statues Public Beach 2 Jone Quock Mui 7 A Day in the Canneries 12 Fiction 17 Working Women 22 The California Riviera R Restrooms M Murals Original Railroad Tracks 3 John Steinbeck 8 The Real “Docs” 13 Giant Kelp Beyond the Breakers 18 McAbee Beach 23 Trains and Canneries ¢ Change F Fish Species Building 4 The Filipino Community 9 One Man, Two Worlds 14 Fish Hoppers 19 Monterey’s First Fishermen 24 Monterey Breakwater

5 The Japanese Community 10 Ed Ricketts’s Backyard 15 Silver Harvest 20 Early Canning Processes 25 Associated Oil Fire of 1924 $ ATM  Oil Tanks Street