Captain Tary Middlesworth delivered this load from area 3B.  Known as the “Boneyard” by local fishermen, 3B can be a very difficult area to fish. Area 3B starts on the south end of Kodiak Island and extends south down the Alaska Peninsula, towards the Aleutian Chain. 

Capt. Tary plans on heading right back out to make a 3A trip. 3A is the fishing area right out in front of the city of Kodiak, fishing is much easier and closer. After the next few halibut trips, the Melanie and her crew will head out west to tender salmon in the Port Moller and the Bristol Bay area.

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Captain Norm Lenon and his crew were able to stay away from the ice filled waters that plagued the fleet last year, fishing their quota in just 45 days.  Fishing up by the Pribilof Islands, the Nuka Island made the 988 mile journey back to Kodiak.

 Bering Sea Snow Crab, also known as Opilio Tanner,  is smaller than the Bairdi Tanner crab that is harvested in the bays surrounding Kodiak Island. This beautiful, bright orange crab is filled with snow white, sweet meat and is now available in the retail store and online. 

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Once inside the plant, the processing crew turns the Pacific Cod into both fresh and frozen fillets bound for supermarkets and restuarants around the country.

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While some boats stayed tied up in the harbor, others prepaired for the opener. Here crew from  the F/V Stella load cod pots on the south side of the dock.

Down on the south end of Kodiak Island, the crew of the F/V Clyde was setting gear right at the start. It is a 12 hour  run from the fishing grounds back to Island Seafoods, so the F/V Kendra H is under contract to tender cod back to the dock.  By unloading the harvested cod right to the Kendra H, the Clyde and the Stella can stay on the fish instead of losing a whole day of fishing time and wasted fuel by heading back to town. Here are some shots sent by Jason Klein of the Clyde. The Clyde is a longline vessel. They set out thousands of baited hooks connected to a single ground line that sits on the bottom of the ocean. The Clyde uses tub gear and each hook is baited with a chunk of squid by hand. Lots of baiting!

 As long as the fishing stays good, The Clyde plans on fishing through March right into the start of Halibut Season. We will be producing fresh Pacific Cod fillets each and every day until then, so if you would like to try some fresh cod harvested by the Clyde Guys, give us a call. 888-355-8575.

Enjoy!

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Island Seafoods is proud to announce the arrival of 2012 Bristol Bay Red King Crab. With the season wrapping up, most of the Kodiak based crabbers have already finished catching their quotas and are tied  up in the harbor waiting for Opilio Season, which starts January 15th.
Once again Island Seafooods is featuring Bristol Bay Red King Crab harvested by Capt. Norm Lenon of the F/V Nuka Island.  With  a seasoned crew including Ernesto Ramback and Rob Freeman out on deck, the Nuka Island deliveries only top quality product, big crab with full meaty legs.  Captain Norm and crew are enjoying some time off right now with their families this holiday before they head out  for the Winter Opilio Season.

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On May 1st, the Gulf of Alaska Pacific Ocean Perch or POP season opened and the F/V Stella headed out to catch her share of the quota. For the first part of this season, Captain Peter McCarthy is turning the captain’s chair over to his brother James so he can spend some time with his family. James just finished his second trip, delivering a mix of Dusky and Northern rockfish.

Most of the POP and Northern Rockfish are headed and gutted and frozen in 40 pound blocks. The frozen blocks are loaded into 40 foot containers and shipped to either China or Korea. The dusky rockfish are filleted by hand, vacuum sealed and flash frozen for some of our wholesale customers and to be featured online and in the retail store. Dusky Rockfish offer a mild tasting, bright white small flake fillet perfect of pan frying, deep frying in your favorite batter mix or blackened.

The Pacific Halibut and Black Cod season opened this year on March 17th with limited effort in the first few weeks. The Federal Pacific cod fishery was still open and many of the big halibut harvesters were still out targeting Pacific Cod. Now that the “A” season closed, the effort has picked up in the last few weeks. We have had several deliveries including a recent one from the Seward based F/V Tribute. We can expect deliveries of fresh halibut throughout the next few weeks as fishermen look to fill their quotas.

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We are Kodiak, Alaska’s premier seafood market, custom processing facility, and online seafood store! Our online Alaska seafood store features the freshest Alaskan crab, cod, halibut, rockfish, salmon and more!

What sets us apart from other online seafood sites? We are located directly on Kodiak’s waterfront where we unload the fresh fish and seafood directly from our own fleet, and process the fish at our modern processing facility. Through our close relationship with our fisherman, we work together to preserve the quality of all of our Alaskan seafood.

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