Last year I blogged about low lobster demand putting such downward pressure on lobster prices that fishers were in danger of spending more to catch them than they could sell them for. This resulted in quite a few lobster fishers selling their wares fresh & direct to consumers out of the backs of their trucks in various cities in the region.I don't know if that initiative influenced this recent one but there's just been a CSF (Community Supported Fishery) Co-op created for Bay of Fundy! How lovely.... here's the scoop!
This summer "Off The Hook" CSF is connecting a co-operative of small-scale, groundfish bottom hook & line fishermen from the Bay of Fundy to subscribing customers in the Halifax area. Subscribers pay in summer for weekly shares of the co-op's catch of fresh whole haddock, hake and pollock.
CSFs provide several benefits to small-scale fishers, such as more family income, more market choices, and increased ownership and control of their livelihood. Since there are no 'middlemen' involved, fishermen can get a fair price for their catch. Subscribers benefit through increased access to the freshest local, traceable, high quality fish along with renewed connections with local fishing communities and the ocean that sustains us all.Read more about this creative initiative on Off the Hook's website and take a look at the feature feature coverage on the CBC National News the other night.
Thanks to Becky Cliche-Shanahan for permission to use these photos of the CSF folks in action!]]>
Once, after reading that the heart of a Blue Whale is the size of a VW Beetle, I had a dream that my Volkswagen beetle morphed into a whale....and then I thought 'why not', let's do it!
Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns, once wrote: "Nae man can tether time or tide". For this quote alone (not to mention all the Scottish connections from our part of the country), I welcome Robbie Burns as an honourary Bay of Fundy-ite.
Last summer the 'word was out' that we had a celebrity visitor here in Bay of Fundy: Chef Lynn Crawford from the Food Network. Chef Lynn just launched her new series, "Pitchin' In", where she travels around the world to discover the source of the freshest of ingredients.
Bay of Fundy towns and villages are home to many beautiful stone & wood churches. Two hundred years ago, it was quite possible that same folks who designed and built tall ships on the shores of our coastal communities also built our churches.
With the abundance of fresh seafood we have around Bay of Fundy, it may not surprise you that many Bay folk opt for lobster for Christmas dinner. 
One of my favourite little corners of the Bay of Fundy universe is the village of Bear River, near Digby, Nova Scotia. Bear River is located on a tidal river about 6 km from the open Bay of Fundy. High tide nests the village's main street building in a kinda of 'floating' way atop the river; low tide reveals intriguing sets of stilts supporting these historic buildings.
