By investing in a share of Off the Hook's catch at the start of the fishing season, you're supporting local fishermen, coastal communities, and a low-impact fishing method. Our fish comes to you fresh- straight off the hook.  The fish is iced down as soon as it comes aboard, “dressed” (gutted) at sea, put on ice and loaded for delivery. Our fishermen use the fish from the last string of hooks on each fishing trip for the Off the Hook shares, so your fish is the last to be caught, and the first to be offloaded.  Once the boat lands, our target is to get it to you within 24 hours.

Sign up for your share here.

Off the Hook Subscription Options:

This fall, we are pleased to offer three types of shares: whole fish (like last year),  mixed shares of whole/filleted fish, and all fillets.  Here’s how they work:

Whole Fish: For the whole fish shares, you receive a weekly allotment of whole, dressed fish.  The fish is usually either haddock, hake, cod, or pollock. Last season, the fish averaged 2–3 lbs each.

We offer two sizes of whole fish shares:

One Fish:                  $90  (6 deliveries of one 2-3 fish)

Two Fish:                  $165 (6 deliveries of two 2-3 lb fish)

Whole/Filleted Fish: This year, we are pleased to offer filleted fish to our subscribers. You will receive whole fish one week, and filleted fish the next. We are working with two processing facilities to fillet our fish while our fishermen wait nearby.  We have chosen processors who will guarantee that our fish is handled with utmost care to ensure top quality and to work within our targeted window of 24 hours from the ocean to you.

As with the whole fish shares, there are two share sizes for whole/filleted fish:

One Fish & Fillets:      $125 (6 alternating deliveries: one 2-3 lb whole fish one week and 2 lbs fillets the next)

Two Fish & Fillets       $225 (6 alternating deliveries: two 2-3 lb whole fish one week and 4 lbs fillets the next)

Filleted Fish: You asked for it. This fall we are pleased to offer an all-fillet subscription for those who would rather not deal with a whole fish. We have developed relationships with processors who will guarantee that our fish is handled with utmost care to ensure top quality and to work within our targeted window of 24 hours from the ocean to you.

As with the other shares, there are two share sizes for the all-filleted fish option

2 lbs of Fillets:      $175 (6 deliveries of 2 lbs fillets each)

4 lbs of Fillets       $325 (6 deliveries of 4 lbs fillets each

How Much Fish Is In Each Share?

The “One Fish” shares are plenty of food for a couple to have at least one meal plus left-overs (fish tacos anyone?) each week. The “Two Fish” share is perfect for families or people who want to share with their friends or have dinner parties that are totally off the hook. 2 lbs of fillets is plenty for a meal for two plus leftovers. 4 lbs of fillets is plenty for a large chowder or a family meal.

Off the Hook's shares are easy to split with neighbours, family and friends. When you sign up, you can enter up to five contacts per subscription. This makes it easy to arrange biweekly pickups, for example, or to sign up as an office or small business. Be sure to check our matchmaker blog post to "hook up" with others looking for share-mates.

What is included in your subscription?

Fish from Off the Hook is bound to be more expensive than any other fish on the market. We can almost guarantee it.  So why get involved? By buying a subscription to Off the Hook, you get:

• Extremely fresh, sustainably caught fish- delivered weekly
• The chance to meet and get to know the fisherman who catch your fish
• Live updates from the fishing boats as they steam back to port with your catch, including alerts about special catches such as halibut and mackerel.
• Access to exclusive specials on items such as mussels & clams from our sustainable seafood partners.
• Filleting workshops, cooking tips, recipes and more
• The opportunity to use the whole fish- for stock, chowder, and ultimately for your compost.
• the opportunity to order extra fillets in advance
  

Pick up Locations:

This year we are pleased to be able to stage our main pick up location at the Brewery Market (1496 Lower Water Street, Halifax) each Thursday from 3-6 pm starting Sept 22. We also have pickup spots in Tantallon, Wolville, Tatamagouche, Bedford, Dartmouth, Lower Prospect, and North End Halifax.

We are looking for subscribers in the Truro area. If you are interested, please get in touch.

Sign up for your share here.

Explore these recipes and tips. Learn to fillet with this great video, courtesy of Port Clyde Fresh Catch.

Shares that are not picked up will be donated for use in hot meals at Hope Cottage.

Because you sign on to share both the bounty and risk of the fishing season, in case of bad weather or bad luck on the water, there may be a week with no delivery. On the other hand, there may be weeks where you get extra fish. In the unlikely event of a missed week of deliveries, every effort will be made to tack a week onto the end of the delivery schedule.