Port Clyde Fresh Catch

The Port Clyde harbor in midcoast Maine shelters the last small-boat groundfishing fleet between Port Clyde and the Canadian border. In 2009, a group of area fishermen developed the Port Clyde Fresh CatchTM brand to preserve their heritage, their community and the resources they depend on. Using environmentally conscious methods to harvest fish, lobster shrimp and crab, they pioneered the country's first Community Supported Fishery program in 2007. A guarantee of 100% supply-chain traceability starts at harvest, and continues through packaging at their own HAACP-certified processing facility. PCFC's CSF customers, restaurateurs, and other seafood retailers receive the freshest seafood available.

The Fresh Catch project has restored a part of the fishing infrastructure that has been missing from our community for many decades in Mid Coast Maine. The value added processing, owned by some of the fishermen, provides much needed additional income to our fleet, and has created jobs in our community.

This" boat to plate" model has taken our fleet in a new and positive direction and will help to maintain this important way of life that has been a part of our coastal culture for many generations.

http://www.portclydefreshcatch.com
P.O. Box 223, Port Clyde ME 04855
Contact: Glen Libby

News

August 29, 2013
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August 9, 2013
Call for Proposals to present at Seafood Expo North America 2014 >>
July 28, 2013
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July 11, 2013
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June 18, 2013
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June 14, 2013
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June 12, 2013
Port Orford Sustainable Seafood supplies seafood for the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation's award Banquet >>
May 30, 2013
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May 26, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 9, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Annual SBN Sustainability Leadership Summit 2013 >>
April 23, 2013
Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Spring 2013 Newsletter >>
April 19, 2013
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April 19, 2013
Alaska Marine Conservation Council Newsletter >>
April 17, 2013
Expanding program brings Southeast catch direct to Anchorage homes >>
April 16, 2013
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April 15, 2013
Plan to open no-fishing zones faces opposition >>
April 10, 2013
Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Conference in Washington DC >>
April 1, 2013
Network members on panel at National Working Waterfronts Symposium in Tacoma, WA >>
March 12, 2013
Community Fisheries Network holds annual meeting in Portland, Maine >>
March 28, 2013
Community Fisheries Network raising the bar on accountability >>
March 18, 2013
Maine working waterfront experts speak at national symposium, Washington state >>
March 17, 2013
System turns US fishing rights into commodity, squeezes small fishermen >>
March 12, 2013
Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice >>
March 12, 2013
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January 9, 2013
Sharecroppers of the Sea >>
December 28, 2012
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Ecotrust: Conservation Through Community Economic Development >>
December 3, 2012
Maine shrimp fishermen's catch limits cut 74 percent >>
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November 5, 2012
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October 29, 2012
Mapping Project Designed to Give Valuable Information to Fishing Industry >>
October 22, 2012
Community Supported Fisheries: The Future of Family Fishing? >>
October 10, 2012
Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Hosts Annual Seafood Raffle >>
October 5, 2012
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October 1, 2012
For Local Fisheries, a Line of Hope >>
October 1, 2012
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September 21, 2012
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July 10, 2012
The Ins and Outs of Community Supported Fisheries >>
July 9, 2012
Beyond red lists: The power of community-supported fisheries >>
July 6, 2012
San Francisco Bay-area fishermen see best salmon fishing in a decade >>
June 27, 2012
Community Fisheries Network member, Port Orford Ocean Resource Team (POORT), selected as 2012 Governors' Gold Award >>
June 19, 2012
Morro Bay honored for working to preserve fishing industry >>
June 10, 2012
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June 4, 2012
Community Fisheries Network members attend first national CSF summit >>
June 4, 2012
Laying a Solid Foundation for Community Supported Fisheries >>
May 21, 2012
Congress, Catch Shares, and the Councils >>
May 11, 2012
Grant will help jig fishermen improve fish sale prices >>
May 8, 2012
Alaska Marine Conservation Council issues new report on ocean acidification >>
May 7, 2012
Know your food, know your fisherman by Chellie Pingree >>
May 4, 2012
Six Community Fisheries Network Organizations Win Grant Awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation >>
May 3, 2012
An Alaska fishing community takes care of its own >>
April 25, 2012
Future We Want: Community-driven fisheries >>
April 19, 2012
CFN welcomes Community Development Partnership as a new supporting member >>
April 17, 2012
Ecotrust's Stephanie Webb to present at upcoming Coastal Pelagic Species Catch Share workshop >>
April 13, 2012
SDFWG's Peter Halmay to speak about San Diego's old and new fishing industry >>
April 11, 2012
A new era in community-based fishing in America begins >>
March 22, 2012
New NOAA-supported West Coast studies to look at models for sustaining America's fishing industry >>
March 03, 2012
Social sciences initiative to study seafood marketing >>
November 9-11, 2011
Second Annual CFN Meeting Held >>
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