sustainable fisheries
Confessions of a #fishsnob – This is where I buy my fish – @skipperotto #csf
Since 2010 I’ve purchased a subscription to Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery. This year I signed up again and I can take my share in spot prawns, ling cod, halibut, albacore tuna and many forms and kinds of salmon: candied, canned, smoked, lox, whole or fillets – pink or sockeye. From one father and son operation Skipper […]
MoreSalmon recipes for my June @AlbertaatNoon column
This month on Alberta at Noon I’m talking about a sustainable Community Supported Fishery called Skipper Otto’s CSF. This post will share some of my favourite ways to use the beautiful wild B.C. salmon these fishermen catch when the salmon runs come in off the coast of British Columbia each summer. Salmon is a great […]
MoreFrom a small boat in the Pacific Ocean to land-locked Alberta – how @skipperotto #CSF feeds our appetite for @ocean_wise fish
In 2011, I did a year of reporting for CBC Radio One’s Homestretch program as their Calgary-based “food finder”. It was my job to find lesser known but great food stories, places and people. What a fun job. One of the biggest delights of that year was discovering a company called Skipper Otto’s Community Supported […]
MoreBonus: @ChefGroves shares @CatchCalgary @ocean_wise #halibut recipe
In this week where sustainable fisheries are on my mind, it’s nice to receive inspiring news that a leader in Calgary’s restaurant scene has firmly anchored his seafood restaurant in the mostly unchartered waters of promoting sustainable fish consumption. I wrote about Catch restaurant’s new buycatch seafood market here. Many thanks to chef Kyle Groves […]
MoreSavour food – fish – landing a bit of hope – the green, the blue and the you
“The work of the Marine Stewardship Council” I came across this video from the Marine Stewardship Council just now which outlines a positive change for the status of fisheries on our blue planet. We know that food has been industrialized and treated as a commodity. It is becoming very apparent that while that model works […]
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