Skipper Otto

Each year, our members contribute to the costs of running the program by paying a small annual membership fee. The amount ranges from $19-$29 depending on the time of year you renew and is lowest during our Insider Early Bird period from October to November.

We’ve waived the membership fee for first-year members to encourage you to try us out!

We do! We are sure you will love Skipper Otto membership and we want everyone to try it. If you decide Skipper Otto is not a fit for you, let us know and we will refund you the unspent amount of your share within 60 days of becoming a member.

Yes! We know it can be difficult to know how much seafood you’ll eat in a year, especially if this is your first season at Skipper Otto. 

This is why we make it easy for members to top up credit on their account. Having said that, we ask those who can right-size their shares to do so as soon as they join. We use membership funds to pay fishers on a timely basis and to plan how much seafood we will need. Our model just wouldn’t work if everyone simply paid as they go, but we like being able to offer flexibility to those who need it.

We ask you to spend down your share credits by the last pick-up in your area for the calendar year of your membership – usually November or December. 

We use your membership dollars to catch seafood in that year and don’t carry over a large inventory season to season. If you have credit remaining in your account at the end of the season, balances of up to $50 will roll over to your next year’s share when you renew your membership. If you don’t renew, we will donate any unspent amounts to charity.