The Death and Life of Monterey Bay chronicles the history of ecological collapse in the Monterey Bay, as one group after another came to profit from it's abundant biodiversity, including sea otters, whales, abalone, and sardines. It's the biography of this special region, as well as the many determined individuals who called it home and fought to protect it. Well written and thoroughly engrossing, it is one of few books in the rare genre of environmental success stories.
by Stephen R. Palumbi & Carolyn Sotka Island Press. Published 2012