



Seasonal Fish
Seasonal Fish: contains 4ct. wild Alaskan seasonal salmon portions, and 1 seasonal white fish: often either sushi-grade St. Jude albacore tuna belly or wild Alaskan black cod.
Salmon: Bristol Bay is a fishery that consistently sees the largest sockeye salmon returns in the world through careful management by Alaska's Fish & Game, and is fished exclusively by independent vessels. Year over year, Bristol Bay has yielded some of the most delicious, visibly carefully handled sushi-grade sockeye we've ever eaten. Salmon are a legendary fish, central to life in the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years and yet incredibly threatened by dams, overfishing and the pressures of human industry. Salmon sold to eat in many stores and most restaurants is often farmed Atlantic salmon that threaten local populations or otherwise unsustainable wild harvesting: we work exclusively with a few different single family fishing boats of Bristol Bay, either our buddy Gabe or father-daughter team Maggie and Don (who also source our wild Alaskan black cod), as well as Luz and Jonah of Loki Fish who fish further across the Alaskan Pacific as well.
St Jude: The St. Jude is a 95-foot troller that follows albacore tuna from the North Pacific in summer to the South Pacific in fall, 12 months a year. Jig-caught younger albacore near the surface of cold waters in the central and north Pacific feed on krill, and are both rich in Omega 3s and substantially lower in mercury. Albacore are exclusively individually caught on hooks, and lures dragged behind the boat. Each fish is landed and handled individually on a cushioned platform, brain-stunned (a painless step that stabilizes their body temperature) and immediately bled (essential for sushi). Each fish is then rinsed, processed and put into the on-board blast freezer in the shortest possible time. Says Joe, "None of the fish caught are wasted. In thousands of hours trolling, we never had a marine mammal encounter, we never killed a shark, we once gave a thrill ride to a three pound green turtle when he got tangled up with a jig line but he was released uninjured after we took a few pictures."
*Meat products are transported frozen in reusable insulated bags. Please return for pickup so we can sanitize for reuse.