Wild Seafood.
100% Traceable.
Direct from your local fisherpeople.
Sea to Table
Slack Tide was founded by Elisa + Jace in an effort to create a sustainable way to buy fish.
Together with our crew we spend the year harvesting wild-caught salmon and Dungeness Crab for our local community.
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Salty Fresh
sAlmon
Reserve fresh, whole fish from our wild harvest of local King and Coho. Caught in Bellingham’s front yard - direct from the source.
blast Frozen
fillets
We preserve a portion of our summer catch in the blast freezer. Deboned, glazed and sealed for you to enjoy salty-fresh all year.
whole live
Dungies
Wintery days put Dungeness Crab on our deck. Live, fresh and local crab is available during the season, from October until December.
support your local fisherM*n
Yearly Fish Drop
Fill your freezer with wild salmon! Before we head out on the boat for the summer we take pre-orders so that we know how much salmon we need to catch and process. This helps keep our little business’s costs down and share those savings with you. The best part? We only take as much as we need to fill our orders. By choosing to buy from us you’re helping reduce the impact on this precious resource so that it remains sustainable for us and the other communities that depend on these wild fish. We know there are easier ways to buy salmon - it means the world that you’ve chosen ours.
Pre-orders for the 2025 season will open in the spring.
bellingham Dockside Market
If you’re one of our lucky locals, you can get our fish year round at Dockside Market on the first and third Saturday of every month (until we sell out). This is the spot for our fresh summer salmon, live winter crab and a great way to buy from us if you don’t have the freezer space to stock up.
The market is located in Squalicum Harbor and is open from 10 am to 2 pm. From May to October we sell outside or on the dock at Gate 5. In the wet and windy months of November to April, you can find us inside at the Fisherman’s Pavillion. We aren’t currently taking pre-orders.
Product List
Fresh whole King Salmon
Fresh whole Coho Salmon
Frozen King Salmon fillets + portions
Frozen Coho Salmon fillets + portions
Frozen Sockeye Salmon fillets + portions
Live Dungeness Crab
Can’t make it to the market? We’re happy to arrange local pick up or delivery - just select local pick up or delivery at checkout and we’ll be in touch to schedule!
How To Order frozen fish
1. choose your box
Choose Sockeye, Chinook, Coho, or mix and match. Our portions and fillets are deboned, glazed, and vacuum-sealed for long lasting freezer storage. Stock up with a few of our 10 lb wild salmon boxes to last the year.
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One person: 24 fishy dinners, once a week for about six months
Two people: 12 salmon snacks, once a week for about three months
Three people: 4 salty lunches, once a week for about a month
Four people: 2 boxes will feed you salmon once a week for about three months
2. Pick Up or Delivery
We ship and deliver our frozen fish boxes on the first Wednesday of every month. Local pick-up is available every Wednesday at our Weblocker #513 or at Dockside Market. We also have a few yearly salmon drops, check our list to see if we’re coming to your town.
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Choose a pick-up or delivery option:
Local Delivery ($10-30)
FedEx Two-Day Shipping ($50-100)
Pick-Up at Dockside Market ($0)
Shipping and delivery charges are applied at checkout and vary by location.
3. Confirm Your Order
Go to your cart, place your order, fill out your payment details, confirm your location, and click purchase. Once your order is submitted we will confirm it on our end and you’ll receive an email confirmation with pick up or delivery details. Yay, your salmon is coming!!!
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We do our shipments and deliveries on the first Wednesday of the month, your order will be held until then. If you chose to pick up your order you'll get to choose from the next available pick up day.
we are a Community
Supported Fishery.
Our catch is caught by us, picked by hand, filleted and packed by our friends, and delivered by us to bring you the highest quality and 100% boat-to-plate traceability.
Our Story
Slack Tide was founded by two Bellingham locals in an effort to create a sustainable way to buy fish.
Together with our crew we spend the year harvesting wild-caught salmon and Dungeness Crab for our local community. We sell our catch at local markets and online via pick-up and delivery.
On our boat we have a philosophy of take only what you need and live with what you have—we believe that the future of our fisheries is small, sustainable harvests with the shortest supply chain. Less is more.
Our Catch
We’re on the water harvesting wild seafood all year long. In June and July we fly up to Bristol Bay, Alaska. We spend six weeks aboard the F/V Shillelagh hauling up nets chock full of sockeye from the Bay’s icy waters. Bristol Bay is home to the largest wild run of sockeye salmon and is a highly studied sustainable harvest.
In August through September, we get to fish in our front yard of Bellingham and Samish Bay for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho salmon. This is a limited harvest with only a few days a week of overnight openers. We use selective gear type and limited areas to mitigate our impact on bycatch and the resident orcas. The fish we catch have long passed the feeding grounds of our whales.
Wintery days put Dungeness on our deck - from October until spring we trade in nets for pots to harvest wild Dungeness Crab. A sustainable and world-renowned delicacy from the depths of Puget Sound and the Washington Coast brought directly to you.
