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It’s Time for Diners to Give Opah a Try, San Diego Magazine, November 2018
Catalina Offshore Receives Grant to Grow Demand for Opah, Seafood Source, November 2018
Local Seafood Company Gets Grant to Grow Demand of Overlooked Fish, Fox 5 San Diego, November 2018
WATCH! What is Uni – The Legend of San Diego Uni, Chef Epic, June 2018
The Challenges of Buying Sustainable Seafood in San Diego County, Edible San Diego, May 2018
What’s in Your Can of Tuna? Edible San Diego, May 2018
Local, Sustainable, Artisan Canned Tuna in San Diego, Edible San Diego, May 2018
Salmon at its Best, The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 28, 2018
Meet Tommy Gomes of Catalina Offshore Products, SD Voyager Magazine, January 18, 2018
Living to Give (featuring Tommy Gomes as “one of the most beloved figures in the local seafood and fishing community), Modern Luxury Magazine, October 2017
Succulent Seafood ~ Like a Local: Tommy Gomes, San Diego Visitor’s Guide, October 2017
WATCH! Sam the Cooking Guy: Fish Market Tour, Cox TV, September 2017
LISTEN! Catalina Offshore Products 40th Anniversary with guest Tommy Gomes, SoCal Restaurants Show, Sports Radio AM 830 KLAA, September 2017
Yes We Canned – Catalina Offshore Products Gets Into the Growing, Local, Sustainable Canned Seafood Game, San Diego Magazine, August 2017
America’s Fresh Seafood Markets, USA Today, August 2017
WATCH! Catalina Seafood: Shawn’s Secret San Diego Shopping Spots, KFMB-TV CBS 8, August, 2017
WATCH! Massive Opah Butchery and Breakdown, Chef’s Roll, May 2017
LISTEN! Fishmonger Tommy Gomes drops by the San Diego Happy Half Hour Podcast: Episode 48, San Diego Magazine, May 2017
Catalina Offshore Products Launches Catalina’s Choice Canned Tuna Brand, Seafood Source, March 2017
Rick Bayless Stops in San Diego for a Seafood Tour, Eater San Diego, March 2017
LISTEN! Dave Rudie and Tommy Gomes of Catalina Offshore Products on “It’s Your Money and Your Life”, 760AM KFMB Radio, January 2017
For 40th Anniversary, Catalina Offshore Products Makes Charitable Pledge, Seafood Source, January 2017
Savoring San Diego: An Epicurean Tour, TravelChannel.com, December 2016
Opah: the best fish you’ve probably never tasted, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 2016
Where to Find World Famous Catalina Offshore Products in North County, Your North County, November 2016
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Uni (Guess Which Body Part You’re Eating), BravoTV.com, July 2016
LISTEN! Shot and a Beer: Tommy and Annette, Shot and a Beer Podcast, April 2016
LISTEN! Interview with Tommy Gomes of Catalina Offshore Products, KNSJ 89.1FM Food for Thought Podcast, April 2016
Waste not! Pop Up Dinners with Re:Source San Diego, Trip Wellness, April 2016
From Farm to Lunch Table, California Thursdays promotes healthy, tasty meals for San Ysidro students, U-T San Diego, March 2016
WATCH! The Sam Livecast with Sam the Cooking Guy, Episodes & Recipes 2015 / 2016
15 in 2015: This Year’s Top Dining Stories, U-T San Diego, December, 2015
Fresh Seafood to Maximize Your Health, Discover SD, December 2015
17 Gifts Any Uni Addict Will Love, The Uni Diaries, December 2015
An Unconventional Taste of San Diego, Examiner.com, October 2015
Sourcing Sea and Land in San Diego, with Gusto, Nonnas Wanderings, October, 2015
Collaboration Kitchen, Ladies Night, The Daily Chow, October 2015
Go Fish! (page 53), WHERE Guestbook, Summer 2015
The World According to Tommy…, North County Food, May 10, 2015
Hook, Line and Panga in Baja, Edible San Diego, Spring Edition 2015
An Evening of Seafood at Solare, The Daily Chow, April 17, 2015
2 Chefs. 3 dishes. 10 G’s & bragging rights. Oh, and Avocados, plenty of ‘em, P.S. I Love San Diego, April 7, 2015
Best of San Diego 2014: Food & Drink, BEST FISHMONGER!, San Diego Magazine, July 2014
Mexican yellowtail debuts at Boston Seafood Show, Aquaculture North America, May, 2014
5 SoCal Fish Markets Where You Can Find Your Favorite Catch, KCET Los Angeles, May 2014
Shell Game: Wild Mexican Clams Will Change Los Angeles Menus, Los Angeles Magazine, April 2014
Midweek Meanderings: Is your Itamae (and your bartender) going to start wearing gloves? Chocolate Clams and other “stuffs”…., mmm-yoso!!! blog, April 2014
Mexico’s Chocolate Clams Finally in the U.S., To Market, To Market with San Diego Foodstuff blog, April 2014
Don’t have a cow: Unique sandwich shop goes all seafood, Seafood International, March 2014
Baja Seas Launches Sales of First Closed Cycle Yellowtail with Catalina Offshore Products at Boston show, SeafoodNews.com, March 2014
Seafood turns fisherman’s life around, U-T San Diego, December 2013
Catalina Offshore Products Joins Forces in Sustainability Transparency with Seafood for the Future, Edible San Diego Blog, November 2013
Fresh Bounty: From dock to dinner with Catalina Offshore Products, Dining Out, November, 2013
Local Bounty: Collared at Catalina Offshore Products, San Diego Magazine, July 2013
Behind the Plate: Tommy Gomes of Catalina Offshore Products, Eater San Diego, January 2013
What’s the Catch: How to Support Sustainable Seafood in San Diego, Edible San Diego, Summer edition 2012
Local Seafood Poached: Why San Diegans are not eating the bounty from their own aquatic backyard, San Diego Magazine, March 2012
WATCH! Andrew Zimmern’s Top 5 in San Diego: Bizarre Foods America, Travel Channel, 2012
The moral behind Zimmern’s “Bizarre Foods”, U-T San Diego, February 2012
Brain Food, San Diego Reader, October 2011
The Slow Lane: Uni, meenie, miney, roe, San Diego Uptown News, October 2011
Designing a magazine cover, from scratch, Pacific San Diego Magazine, November 2011
San Diego Magazine’s 50 People to Watch 2011, San Diego Magazine, January 2011
Catch of the Day: The Confounding Nature of Sustainable Seafood, Edible San Diego, Summer edition 2010
A-FISH-IONADOS SEARCHIN FOR URCHIN Catalina Offshore Brings the Local Bounty of the Sea to San Diego’s Tables, Edible San Diego, Winter edition 2008
Riding the Waves with Catalina Offshore, To Market, To Market with San Diego Foodstuff blog, September 2008
Feasting on leftover: San Diegan with deep fishing roots is using sea urchin remnants to create a new product for angler, U-T San Diego, October 2006
Sushi Fresh From the Deep … the Deep Freeze, The New York Times, April, 2004
