Sea Lions at the marina

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Fisherman's Wharf is lined with seafood restaurants ranging from casual, open-air clam bars, to formal indoor dining with views of the bay. Along with Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf is one of the few areas in Monterey that sells souvenirs, so the restaurants are interspersed with gift shops, jewelry stores, art galleries, and candy shops. Whale watching tours and fishing trips leave from the wharf, and Sea Lions often sleep on the pilings, buoys, and moored boats in the bay. Spaghetti with seafood (Spaghetti allo scoglio). ... Cannery Row is the waterfront street in the New Monterey section of Monterey, California (36. ... A souvenir stall in London, England A souvenir (from French, for memory) is an object that is treasured for the memories associated with it. ... Whale watching off the coast of Bar Harbor, Maine. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... Genera Eumetopias Zalophus Otaria Neophoca Phocarctos A sea lion is any of several marine mammals of the family Otariidae. ... Look up Pile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A sea lion on navigational buoy #14 in San Diego Harbor A buoy is a floating device that can have various purposes, which determine whether the buoy is anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift: The word is derived from the Dutch boei. In North American English it is pronounced as...

Near the entrance to the wharf is a plaque marking the spot where the United States took Monterey from Mexico in 1846.

Accessible almost exclusively by pedestrians, the wharf is located at the end of the Alvarado Mall, just west of the municipal wharf on Lighthouse Avenue.

External links

• Official website
• Location on Google