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ED & SANDY WILLSON Phone (250) 982-2713 Fax (250) 982-2716 Box 580, Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0, CANADA E-Mail : swillson@belco.bc.ca |
 THE FISH
Three, four and five years ago, these fish began their lives as eggs when they were deposited in the gravel of the galcial fed Kimsquit and Bella Coola Rivers, deep within the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. After a challenging life in the North Pacific, the homeward bound journey finds the salmon navigating the inlets and avoiding the Orcas to return to their home stream. It is the incredible productivity of these salmon that allows our business to take a small portion each year for your benefit.
  
The fish is handled with great respect and care by the owners. Within minutes of it being caught, it is cleaned and packed in glacial cold ice. The fish is brined following a recipe perfected by friends who have had years of experience. It is then smoked using west coast red alder at a controlled temperature and time, ensuring a high quality product.
We are a family run business living off a sustainable resource in a rugged, beautiful part of British Columbia. Enjoy eating this healthy product from the cold inlets of the Central Coast. Please come and visit us some day.
 
For more than 100 years, gillnet fishermen have caught salmon in the waters of Dean and Burke Channels, first with rowboats and linen nets and now with more modern small vessels and gear.
The one thing that has not changed over the last 100 years is the underlying principle of always allowing a healthy population of fish to return to spawn. For years fishermen have worked closely with local fishery managers to create a sustainable fishery and healthy escapements of salmon. Fish are caught in well managed, carefully regulated fisheries using gillnets specifically sized to target the species in abundance. Valuable stocks of fish are protected for other users and spawning by carefully controlling the season, area, time of day and size of net fished.
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