News From the Top Deck


As you can probably imagine, it takes quite a bit of work to bring 10,000 pounds of BC wild seafood from the coast to the prairies. For the past week, the entire Skipper Otto team has been working hard to prepare for our deliveries to Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Jasper. Shaun, Ariel and Krysta … Continued

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Co-Op Gives Fishing Industry A Lifeline, by Elaine Yong for The Global News

September 23, 2014

Read the full story at The Global News. “Tue, Sep 23: They were the first in Canada to do it and became a national success story. Six years ago, the husband and wife team behind “Skipper Otto” saw the fishing industry needed a lifeline – and they had to swim against the current to make … Continued

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Meet Your Tuna Fisherman: Grey Mcphedran

September 18, 2014

If you’ve been loving this year’s albacore tuna, you can thank our fisherman Grey Mcphedran for his catch! Grey has been fishing for almost 40 years up and down the BC coast, and fishing tuna for the past 12 years. Along with his boat, a 48 foot freezer vessel called the Thetis Queen, Grey fishes … Continued

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The end of the 2014 sockeye run

September 5, 2014

I’ve fished just about non-stop for the past month in the Johnstone Straight.  It’s been good — not as good as 2010, partly because the fish are coming in deeper than they did in 2010 — but I’ve had a good run of it. The fish last night got a bit smaller overall and more … Continued

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Tara

Member since 2018

"I grew up on the west coast, daughter of an independent processor in the Alaskan fisheries. When I moved to Toronto 6 years ago I'd have my parents ship seafood to me from BC. So glad we have easier access to sustainable fisheries! "