![]() ![]() ![]() We expect to have a new batch of halibut in late June or early July.Our halibut fishermen have not yet made their commitments about when, where, and who expects to fish for our halibut, but we will let you know when we have more information.Our small boat fishermen tend to wait until summer when the weather calms. The halibut quota fishery is open from roughly March to November.At this time, we are only able to offer live crab to members at the False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf as we don’t have access to crab processing.Because of this, we can’t predict exactly when we will offer live dungeness crab pick-ups, but we expect to have at least one in fall, and possibly more depending on how the season unfolds.When market prices bottom out and our fishermen can’t get a fair price for their crab, that’s when we step in, offering a fair-trade price to fishermen that they couldn’t otherwise get and still ensuring that members pay a competitive price. During this time, market crab prices fluctuate wildly.The commercial crab trapping season runs from late June to November and Stewart MacDonald will be out crabbing in and around his prawn and salmon fishing trips.Our lingcod troller, Ray Ubell, is planning to head out for an early-season lingcod fishing trip this year, so we hope to have lingcod fillets available for you sometime in June.Shane just bought a new boat and is working on it right now, so he isn’t sure precisely when he will head out for his sablefish, but we’ll keep you updated when we know more! Shane has sablefish quota in his family that he plans to fish this year, providing these beautiful, rich white fish for our members for the first time. We’re excited to welcome onboard our friend and multi-generational fisherman, Shane Steer.We will update you when we have nailed down exactly who will be fishing the Nass openings and when we expect the first opening (typically around the second week in June). But fear not! Our other northern fishermen will still be heading up to fish the Nass sockeye run. Early season predictions suggest the first opening there may be on Tuesday, June 7th. Instead, he and his son, Shaun, will head to Barkley Sound in early June to gillnet for these sockeye closer to home. For the first time in decades, Otto Strobel has decided not to head north for the early Nass opening.The first gillnet sockeye openings happen in early June in Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island and off the mouth of the Nass River in the far north coast of BC.Frozen Prawn Tails: Ivan Askgaard will head out on his freezer prawner off the Sunshine Coast in the first week of May and we expect to have our first tubs of frozen-at-sea spot prawn tails available for our members in all locations after the Victoria Day long weekend.The spot prawn season will open on May 12 this year, so our first live prawn pick-up will be on Thursday, May 19th. Live Prawns: Shaun Strobel will head out as a crew member on Stewart MacDonald‘s prawn boat near the Sunshine Coast in mid-May.The spot prawn season happens every year in BC for just 40 days in May, after the prawns have finished spawning.The 2016 CSF fishing season is nearly upon us! After weeks of chatting with our fishermen and awaiting Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) predictions, we’re excited to tell you a bit about what you can expect this fishing season and when you might start receiving this year’s bounty of sustainable seafood! ![]()
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