Click map pin for location details


About Michelle Rose CSF

My name is Guy Johnston. I have been a fisherman for over 30 years. I fish by trap for prawns and shrimp, while I use hook and line to catch salmon—all low-impact fishing methods.

As a member of Michelle Rose CSF, you would buy a share of the year’s catch before the season. A share is made up of shellfish (prawns and shrimp) or various species of salmon, or a combination of shellfish and salmon. Members can pick-up their seafood at either Cowichan Bay or Brentwood Bay; shellfish in early summer and salmon in late summer.


Location Options
  • Community Supported Fishery/Seafood Box
Purchasing Options
  • Subscription
Delivery Options
  • In-Person Pick-Up
Ownership
  • Fishing-Family

Visit Our Website

Seafood Offered

Prawns, Salmon, Shrimp

1

Locations

1

Number of Fishermen Sourced From

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

Read More

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 community-supported fishery 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.