Category: Seafood & Fisheries
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Fish-O-Gram #28–Holiday Schedule. The Harmful Algae Blooms Edition. Greenies are A-OK!! A Flood of Spot Prawns!! Crab prices hit low point for 2017!! Pink Scallop Countdown!! Oyster tasting at Franks, December 5.
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Dear Storm-Lashed Customers, Meanwhile down at the docks. Holiday Schedule. No Deliveries Thursday or Friday (Nor on Weekend). SEATTLE DELIVERIES- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Closed Th & F. SAN JUAN ISLAND DELIVERIES- Tuesday ONLY. SKAGIT DELIVERIES- Monday Only. BELLINGHAM DELIVERIES- Wednesday Only. OUT OF AREA SHIPMENTS- Monday shipping Only for urchin/crab. Fresh/Frozen Fish & shellfish…
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Fish-O-Gram Digest!! Oyster Tastings!! Urchins are Going Fast! Fall Crab Exceed Expectations!! Spot Prawn Surprise!
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Dear Snow-Surprised Customers, Friday Morning at Jones Ranch Much to our shock and horror last night’s gentle rain turned into an inch or so of nasty white powder along with a driving Northeast wind. Packing shellfish this morning was a deeply painful experience. However, the children enjoyed it, and it…
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Fish-O-Gram #19
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Fish-O-Gram!! Spring is Here, Sorta. Scallop Photojournalism!! Rock Bottom Rockfish!! Hagfish Fun Facts!! Bread Baker SuperStars!! Fare Thee Well, Paisley!! Dear Peeping Customers, Despite flying snow, constant wind and biting temperatures, we have been enjoying the music and re-assurance of the peeper frogs down the valley from us these past…
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Fish-O-Gram, Election-Day Octo! Eastern Fishes! Look Landward! Halibut Farewell, Vachel Lindsay Does Election Night!
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A More Thoughtful Time…. Dear Tentacle-Minded Customers, This year, our Jones Ranch November Surprise is that a dark-horse fish broker friend came through with unexpected dab of Giant Pacific Octo. We will have 1800# of hard-froze Octo-flesh in our possession Thursday. This will be backed up with our incoming, round Octo…
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FIsh-O-Gram, Local Crab Bonanza!! Caviar Returns! Dive Fisheries Update!! Fresh King Crab!!
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Dear Crab-Crazed Customers, This past October 1st our tribal and state-licensed friends kicked off another regular Dungeness crab season. The tribes fished through October 8th, then pulled off the water, while the state fleet will keep going for another couple of weeks. Waterfronts in Bellingham, Anacortes, Port Angeles and Blaine are…
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Fish-O-Gram!!! Here we (Halibut) go again!!! Price Wars on the Inside! Fish Business, a Love Story. Crab, Blackcod! Eastern Fishes! Pink Power Play, Geology in Action!! JFF Meats!!!
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Two eventful weeks have come and gone since F.O.G. has had a chance to put pen to paper. Our local halibut season kicked off on March 20, one day later than previously announced and was limited to 39 hours rather than the usual and expected 48. We are now into…
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Fish-O-Gram! Halibut Season Set! Weatherbound Scallops! Harbingers of Spring! Carcasses Hit the Street! Year of the Monkey Dawns! New Reps System at Jones Ranch
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Dear Weather Stymied, Nettle Eating, but still Pink-Hued Customers, A long, tempestuous week blew our diver friends off the water. It was a disappointing start to the Pink Scallop season–so sad. But the winds have died down and we are looking at Sunday for sample collections and Tuesday for a commencement…
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Fish-O-Gram, The Walrus and the Carpenter one year anniversary.
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Jones Family Farms shucked about 30 dozen oysters at The Walrus and the Carpenters 1st year anniversary party August 7th. There was a great turnout and the event raised over $5000 for The Puget Soundkeepers Alliance. www.ballardnewstribune.com