Notice the three small white buildings set off from the street. They are outfitted to look like the residence of cannery row workers of different nationalities - Spanish, Japanese and Filipino. Don't miss the Monterey Bay Aquarium. At last count, the Aquarium was home to almost 300,000 individual plants and animals. They exhibit approximately 550 species.
Divers catch some of the animals using hand nets or plastic bags.
For other species, they may use hook and line, special trawl nets or traps. Scientists at Moss Landing Marine Laboratory bring the Aquarium many of their midwater fishes, which they catch in trawl nets from their research vessel Point Sur. And commercial fishermen bring them some of their fishes, octopuses and other animals. They were the first aquarium in the world to exhibit a living kelp forest.