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About Bellingham Dockside Market

Bellingham Dockside Market is a program of the Port of Bellingham, which supports local fishermen in Whatcom County, WA selling their ocean harvest directly to consumers at Squalicum Harbor. Bellingham Dockside Market takes place on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, from 10am to 2pm at Gate 5 (June-October) and the Fishermen's Pavilion (November-May). The variety of seafood offerings varies from season to season, as do the vendors. Besides the best in local seafood, we also have maritime-themed arts and crafts and food vendors. We announce the product and vendor list on social media (Facebook and Instagram) on Fridays before markets, as well as in our bi-monthly newsletter. To be added to our email list, please send a request email to dockside@portofbellingham.com.


Location Options
  • Fishermen/Farmers Market
Purchasing Options
  • One-time Purchase
Delivery Options
  • In-Person Pick-Up
Food Access Options
  • SNAP/EBT Accepted
Ownership
  • Fishing-Family

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Seafood Offered

Black cod, Dungeness crab, Flounder, Geoduck, Halibut, Hard clams, King crab, Lingcod, Mussels, Oysters, Pacific cod, Petrale, Prawns, Rockfish, Salmon, Scallops, Sea urchin, Seaweed, Shrimp, Snapper, Snow crab, Sole, Tuna, salmon (all species), smoked salmon, smoked halibut, sea salt, seafood chowder (with mussels, clams, squid, shrimp), Pacific cod, Dover sole, side-stripe shrimp, spot prawns, Pacific oysters, Kumamoto oysters. Availability varies with seasonality of fish!

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Locations

12

Number of Fishermen Sourced From

6

Years in Business

Our “values in action” reflect how members of our network implement our core values in practice. Through the intentional work of LCN and applying the core values, these elements emerge. The values in action are not meant to be criteria or requirements for network members, but instead help describe how we will achieve our mission and vision and help anchor and guide our work.

  • Catch and Handle with Honor
  • Community-Based Fisheries
  • Eating with the Ecosystem
  • Equitable Seafood Systems
  • Fair Access
  • Fair Pricing
  • Holistic Fisheries Management
  • Honoring Our Ecosystems
  • Learning Through Exchange
  • Traceable and Simple Supply Chains

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We have outlined our own program core values that align with LCN.

Bellingham Dockside Market is guided by the following four CORE VALUES:

1. Gratitude to Indigenous Peoples
Participants of Bellingham Dockside Market recognize that the market takes place on traditional and ancestral land of the Lummi people.
Further, we recognize that seafood sold at the market is harvested from:
Lummi Nation
Makah Nation
Quileute Nation
Yup'ik Peoples
Lingit Aani

2. Connection with Fishing Families
Bellingham Dockside Market offers Whatcom County an opportunity to know not only where your seafood comes from, but also who is harvesting it.

3. Seafood & Fishing Education
Fishermen at Bellingham Dockside Market share their knowledge of the:
History, geography, economics, management, and methods of their fishery.
Biology and health benefits of their seafood and the preparation of their product.
Conservation concerns and initiatives of regions where they harvest.

4. Sustainability & Small Business Practices
Dockside Market Vendors agree that ALL:
- Fish is wild caught.
- Shellfish and any ocean harvest products are sustainably grown and harvested.
- Seafood is sold directly by commercial fishermen involved in the fishery as captain, crew, family operation, or permit holder. If fulfilling one of those roles listed, a vendor may also sell product directly from other commercial fishers who also practice and support these values.