News From the Top Deck


Update from Otto!

July 4, 2013

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Otto, Daniel, and Leonard are having a successful week fishing. The Nass has been open two days and they have already caught 337 sockeye, 73 chum, and 220 pink salmon. Way to go, guys! They are totally exhausted but feeling happy and resting up for another big fishing day tomorrow. We’ll have a fresh fish … Continued

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Oak Street Market

July 4, 2013

Several of our members have requested we be at the Oak Street Market, so we have picked up a couple of markets there this summer. We will be there next week (Wednesday July 10th) from 3 – 7 PM. See you there! Location: Unitarian Church of Vancouver, Oak St. and West 49th Ave.

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Update on Nass Fishing

June 27, 2013

Many of you who have been part of the CSF for years know that the Nass openings often don’t last long or don’t open at all.  You will be happy to know that the run is strong this year!  Our fishermen had 2 days last week, 2 days already this week and Fisheries announced they … Continued

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Cut Backs and Transferred Costs

June 27, 2013

Before leaving for the fishing grounds this morning Otto made a stop at the Prince Rupert office of The Department of Fisheries (DFO).  He needed to pick up a new “fish book” to officially record all the fish that get transferred to his boat from our other  fishermen.   He also asked  for updates on the … Continued

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We Have a New Fisherman!

June 26, 2013

We brought onboard a new fisherman, Daniel, from the Hartley Bay First Nation, who has been fishing up North with Otto this week. Welcome aboard Daniel! Getting funds together to pay for the up-front costs of fishing for a season can be very difficult.  Traditionally, fishermen are forced to either run up a line of … Continued

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We will be holding either a Thursday or Friday evening pickup (and potentially both) to get you the delicious Nas and Barkley sockeye salmon when it’s as fresh as possible. The Sunday morning pickup mentioned in the last email will not be happening. See a lot of you later this week 😉

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Fishing extended – more fresh sockeye!

June 25, 2013

Otto and his fellow fisherman received an extension and are fishing up near the Nass today and tomorrow. This means more delicious Nass sockeye salmon for our members! Shaun is going to head back to Barkley sound to do some fishing on Wednesday. This means more fresh sockeye pickups later this week. We’re aiming to … Continued

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How to fillet a salmon

June 21, 2013

Check out this great video by Ocean Wise chef Rob Clark on how to fillet a salmon. Click the link below http://bit.ly/ctoxYS

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Fresh sockeye fish pickup tomorrow (Saturday June 22)!

June 21, 2013

Otto and his long-time fisherman friends Leonard, Fernando, and Bill had a successful first week fishing and sent down almost 300 beautiful Nass sockeye’s. They’ve been dressed (gutted) and their heads were removed by a processor near the fishing grounds. Shaun is picking them up today and taking most of them to be filleted and … Continued

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Our thoughts are with our Alberta CSF members

June 21, 2013

News of the devastating flooding in Alberta has shocked us all. All our members in Calgary, High River, and other communities in Southern Alberta are in our hearts and minds today.  Please let us know how you are when things settle down.

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Ronda

Member since 2017

"The chum salmon recipe in your last newsletter was the best fish I ever made! "