Jim Moser a local fisherman of salmon and albacore for thirty-seven years up and down the west coast. He admits that science has changed a fisherman's method of fishing and searching for fish has become more efficient. Monetary has changed as well; sometimes a fisherman's price offers does not agree with the market's pocket. Moser believes that salmon season would start back up again when policy makers finally fix the problem with water conditions and nature would take over after that.

Though he comes from the ocean-less land of the Czech Republic, Jiri Nozicka has developed a masterful understanding of fishing and its benefits. He explains that fishing as an industry does more than just put fresh fish in the hungry mouths of tourists every day, but provides a multitude of jobs at various levels within the fish to table process. Even those who work 9-5 jobs in processing plants or transporting the fish rely upon those who catch the actual product for their livelihood, an important symbiotic relationship that Jiri brings to light.

Jiri Nozicka, a man born and raised in the Czech Republic, moved to Monterey in 1999 and has been fishing for more than 13 years up and down the Western Coast. He specializes in Fish Trawling and harvest a great variety of fish, such as: halibuts, sand dab, rockfish, black cod, etc. His passion and faith for fishing is very unique and strong.

Elizabeth Nozicka is not a fisherman but comes from a fishing family in Monterey and her family is greatly involved in commercial fishing over all over the world. Majority of her family and ancestors are from Sicily, while her husband is from Czech Republic. Mrs. Noricka shares the difficulties that her family suffered and still faces in the fishing industry especially with regulations and marine protected areas. Also, she explains how frustrating and difficult it is to stay in commercial fishing with regulations changing all the time.

While not a fisherman himself, Tim is a master of a history that spans more than the lifetime of any one fisherman. Starting with the indigenous tribes of the area and ending right here in the present, Mr. Thomas relates a captivating story of boom and bust, and an ongoing cycle of life both of the bay and its inhabitants. This unique perspective provides a bird's eye view of the story of fishing in the bay and takes us on a journey through time and centuries of socioeconomic change that have produced the bay we know today.