Michelle Rose Community Supported Fishery

Michelle Rose Community Supported Fishery Michelle Rose CSF, a community supported fishery out of Cowichan Bay, offers fair-trade fresh-caught North Coast salmon direct to the consumer

Michelle Rose Community Supported Fishery(CSF) offers fresh caught West Coast salmon and prawns by direct fair trade between fishermen and consumer. CSF members get the highest quality seafood produced on the west coast at prices that are fair to both members and fishermen. My name is Guy Johnston. I have been a fisherman for over 30 years. I fish by trap for prawns and shrimp, and use hook and li

ne to catch salmon, all low impact fishing methods. Members buy a share of the year’s catch before the season. A share is made up of shellfish (prawns and shrimp) and various species of salmon or a combination of shellfish and salmon. Members pick-up their seafood at either Cowichan Bay or Brentwood Bay - shellfish early summer, salmon late summer. All our catch is certified sustainable and best choice by the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program. It is frozen at sea at the time of capture, meeting the highest level of quality - the sushi standard. Prawns and shrimp are packaged in 1 lb lots immersed in salt water and frozen. The Salmon is dressed and frozen and then glazed in chilled sea water for the freshest taste. You can enjoy your fish when it best suits you. Community Supported Fisheries Support Small, Sustainable, Local Fishing Operations:
Many smaller fishing operations have been pushed out of the fishery over the past 15-20 years. The consolidation of markets and the influx of farmed fish have kept prices low, in some cases back to where they were 20 years ago. Add to this the effects of climate change on fish habitat and high seas feeding grounds and the spread of farmed fish diseases, and we are seeing wide spread hardship in the small boat fleet. Yet it is the smaller, long-term, independent fishermen who care most about ocean stewardship and maintaining a healthy and sustainable fishery. A CSF is one way for me, as an independent fisherman, to remain viable, feed my family and reduce the carbon footprint of my catch. I can sell direct at a fair market price.

We are all sold out of salmon today Saturday May 30th. sorry to any who we were not able to have any salmon for and than...
05/30/2026

We are all sold out of salmon today Saturday May 30th. sorry to any who we were not able to have any salmon for and thanks to all that came

Glad to See Gord Johns raising this in Ottawa. This is what we need to have a healthy ecosystem and communities that rel...
04/28/2026

Glad to See Gord Johns raising this in Ottawa. This is what we need to have a healthy ecosystem and communities that rely of our coast

1 like. "MP Johns calls on the federal government to establish an owner-operator model for commercial fishing"

Well the auxiliary is fixed up and painted me and my friend Pete installed it today. Getting there inch by inch
03/28/2026

Well the auxiliary is fixed up and painted me and my friend Pete installed it today. Getting there inch by inch

well it has been one of those winters the leaking wet exhaust on the auxilary engine. lead me to find the badly worn cou...
03/16/2026

well it has been one of those winters the leaking wet exhaust on the auxilary engine. lead me to find the badly worn coupling to the freezer drive. Out comes the engine and into the workshop. After new couplings are installed, Its time for a paint job. This is all part of fishing.

Well the anchour winch is rebuilt and back where it should be. Re marked the anchour line before wrapping it back on. ...
02/27/2026

Well the anchour winch is rebuilt and back where it should be. Re marked the anchour line before wrapping it back on.
Now it’s on to the auxiliary engine that runs the freezer. The wet exhaust cracked and stated leaking back during the season. We did a quick repair that got us through the rest of the season. Now it time to get it replaced.
It is nice to chip away at all the jobs during the off season . No stress!

Rebuilding the anchour winch a 4 day battle to get this sprocket off !!
01/19/2026

Rebuilding the anchour winch a 4 day battle to get this sprocket off !!

Mount Tzuhelm arising from the mist
01/16/2026

Mount Tzuhelm arising from the mist

Seafood for the holidays The Michelle Rose will be selling fish at the Cowichan bay fishermen’s wharf Saturday, Dec 20th...
12/19/2025

Seafood for the holidays
The Michelle Rose will be selling fish at the Cowichan bay fishermen’s wharf
Saturday, Dec 20th. 1-3
Sunday , Dec 21. 1-3
Coho fillets
Pink fillets
Whole rockfish

The Miss Molly my friend Denny’s boat will also be down both days from 10-4
Selling
Jumbo prawns
King shrimp
Whole tuna
See you at the wharf

We are getting closer to home first pic is Green point rapids , next is after we are through the Yucultas rapids and com...
09/01/2025

We are getting closer to home first pic is Green point rapids , next is after we are through the Yucultas rapids and coming into the Salish sea. coming into ThuLin pass just before Lund .Can Just about smell home now.
The dawn above Texada and Jedidiah island this morning

The trip south crossing over from Haida Gwaii, running down Grenville channel, a humpback whale doing a tail flap and Po...
09/01/2025

The trip south crossing over from Haida Gwaii, running down Grenville channel, a humpback whale doing a tail flap and Port Hardy for the unload

Whole salmon pick up
Saturday, September 6. Tsehum harbour Sidney
9-11
Saturday, September 6 , Cowichan bay
1-3:30
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See you soon

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Fishermen's Wharf
Cowichan Bay, BC

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2507156647

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