Producer

The Wild Salmon Co. is dedicated to the notion that we should all know where our food comes from; that it strengthens our community and our biosphere when we buy sustainable, locally-sourced food. As consumers, we need to be educated about what we buy and what we eat, especially when it comes to seafood. It is easy to buy products that harm our oceans, but responsible choices like sustainable seafood delivery help preserve marine ecosystems. As fishermen, we strive to educate people about the sustainability of wild Alaska seafood and especially wild sockeye salmon online.

Each summer my partner Steve and I head to Bristol Bay, Alaska to participate in the largest Sockeye salmon fishery in the world. We are blessed to take part in natural cycle literally thousands of years in the making. After our salmon are picked out of the net they are placed directly, and with great care, into an icy slurry that quickly cools them. They are then delivered to a processing facility where they are filleted, de-boned, and flash frozen to preserve that "just-caught" freshness.

Our Salmon are transported by barge from Alaska to Seattle and then trucked across the country and arrive in Asheville by October. We sell at local tailgate markets October through December and do most of our buying club deliveries November through January.