…at Troller Point Fisheries.” That’s what his wife, Daphne, wrote on Facebook. If you don’t live here, Troller Point Fisheries is a family fishing business, and a boat comes over to Orcas Island a couple times a year to sell their beautiful, conscientiously-caught fish from Alaska.
A lot of us head over to West Sound when the boat comes in. It’s pricey but it’s done right and is about as pure as it gets. You can buy slices of frozen, pre-packaged fish or, as Tim has apparently done, you can buy whole fish and process them yourself.
Here’s what the fishing family says about their business:
“Our family is dedicated to environmentally safe hook-and-line fishing in Alaska. We work long days on the ocean in all kinds of weather, carefully catching fish one at a time, then immediately processing them right on our boat…Mark’s personal philosophy and commitment to the environment have made Troller Point Fisheries a leader in sustainable fisheries. He takes a small crew out to troll, not trawl along the coastline. He doesn’t use giant nets that snag anything and everything – he uses four lines with four to six lures (small spoons, bright flashers, and herring baits) on each…Using this method, it takes his crew 12 to 21 days to fill his boat to its 12,000 pound capacity. In contrast, factory-farmed salmon are crowded into confined pens or ponds, fed feeds containing antibiotics, growth stimulants and coloring agents, all to prevent disease, promote abnormally fast growth, and color the flesh, and nearly all are imported from foreign countries. Wild Alaskan salmon is pure, natural, delicious food—the way it was meant to be!
“We sell our fish off of our boat twice a year. In the spring & fall we arrive with a wide variety of our FAS Products – including our Wild Troll King & Coho Salmon steaks, fillets, and whole fish, Ling Cod, Pacific Cod, Smoked Salmon & Black Cod, King & Coho Salmon Lox and of course our famous Wild Halibut and Black Cod. During our Fall Dock Sales we have our Sweet, Firm, Wild and Very Tasty Alaska Spot Prawns. We make stops in eight ports, throughout the Puget Sound area…”
For more about Troller Point Fisheries, click here.
As for you, Tim, I’m equally impressed!
Photos by Daphne Tyree
