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General Tso’s Rock-fish & Chips At Skipper Otto, we are proud to offer a few of the Ocean Wise recommended species of Pacific Rockfish when it is available (for more on our sourcing strategy read this blog post!) So the very creative Steve W is back with another delicious recipe using our Yellowmouth rockfish. Taking … Continued

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Women-Led Businesses Changing the System!

April 4, 2024

(Photo credit: @melodieelated. Image: panelists at Restore event) I’ve been taking some time to reflect on what really stood out for me as I gathered with some 700 other impact businesses to reflect, share, restore, and then push ourselves and our purpose-driven businesses forward, at the recent Restore B Corp™ Champions Retreat in Vancouver, B.C in … Continued

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Pan Seared Wild Pacific Halibut with Fragrant Jasmine Rice

March 28, 2024

Pan Seared Wild Pacific Halibut with Fragrant Jasmine Rice With halibut season upon us, we thought we would share this deliciously fragrant recipe from our last cooking class at the Gourmet Warehouse. With many folks choosing to serve white fish over the Easter long weekend, this recipe would make a delicious and impressive centre piece … Continued

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Arctic Char with Truffle Polenta

March 15, 2024

Wild Arctic Char with Truffle Polenta Wild Arctic char is like nothing else – it’s rich and velvety with a melt-in-your mouth texture. Although a close relative to both salmon and trout, wild arctic char has a flavour uniquely its own- which the Inuit describe as tariumiutaluk. You can cook Arctic Char the same as … Continued

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Skipper Otto Announces BCorp™ Certification

March 13, 2024

(Photo credit: Skipper Otto CSF & BCorp™. Image: logos of Skipper Otto & BCorp™) Skipper Otto Announces B Corp™ Certification Vancouver-Based Community Supported Fishery Joins Global B Corp Community, Leveraging Business as a Force for Good  Wednesday, March 13, 2024: Traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations / Vancouver, BC … Continued

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Salmon Belly Trim Soup by David aka Mr Fire-Man Sonia and Shaun have known David since before they were married, let alone since the creation of Skipper Otto, and they’ve shared so many fun and hilarious dinners, travels, and musical jam sessions together over the years. It’s a little known fact is that while doodling … Continued

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Pan Seared Sablefish

March 1, 2024

Pan Seared Sablefish You might have heard sablefish referred to as black cod which is a bit of a misnomer as it isn’t part of the cod fish family at all! They do have black scales, though, and so that is undoubtedly where the marketing term black cod comes from. Whatever you call it, sablefish … Continued

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Ending Open Pen Salmon Farms in BC

February 29, 2024

(Photo credit: Brandon Deepwell c/o Pacific Salmon Foundation. Image: Open Net pens, BC) “We don’t allow open pens of millions of cattle along the migratory routes of endangered caribou; we don’t allow poultry farms in avian sanctuaries; we shouldn’t allow open net pen [salmon farms] on the migratory routes of endangered wild salmon.” – Sean … Continued

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Great CSA’s in Metro Vancouver

February 22, 2024

(Photo credit: Sweet Earth Farms. Photo: 2024 CSA offering) Supporting local growers and harvesters is important to us, and our members. So in an effort to showcase the hard working folks within community supported agriculture and deepening our collective knowledge of where our food comes from, whether it is produce, flowers or sustainable seafood in … Continued

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Potato Leek Soup with Roasted Sockeye Salmon

February 15, 2024

Potato Leek Soup with Roasted Sockeye Salmon We don’t know about you, but for us, long weekends and cool weather calls for warm and inviting comfort food. So we hope this velvety smooth soup recipe that our friend and Chef Cory Walby of Saturday Night Test Kitchen created in partnership with Go Wild BC Salmon, … Continued

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Lise

Member since 2018

"We’re truly pleased to be part of Skipper Otto’s community. Never before have we enjoyed such fresh seafood! That is, unless we caught the fish ourselves! :)"