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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.