San Francisco Bay Area

seafood seasons

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**Please Note! The 2008 Chinook Salmon Season has been closed in California and Oregon due to low returns on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers

**The Pacific Sardine fishery has reached its quota for 2008. Fresh-caught sardines will be available again starting in January 2009

(information is still being collected)

Off the Boat
Pillar Point Harbor Hotline One Johnson Pier, Half Moon Bay		650-726-8724	A great resource for South Bay seafood consumers for year round information on local seafood being sold off the boat.
Fisherman	Harbor, City	Boat, Dock, Slip	Contact	Fish
Mike, Trudy, & Anna Svedise	Santa Rosa	By appointment from Santa Rosa	707-280-2285	varies
Jim Anderson	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Allaine E-3	Call Pillar Point Harbor Hotline, 650-726-8724	-Dungeness Crab -Salmon
Larry Andre	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Genesis F-2	408-489-4808, www.crabsahoy.com	-Albacore Tuna -Dungeness Crab -Salmon
Chris Eatinger	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Tonita D-6	831-419-0876	-Albacore Tuna -Dungeness Crab -Red Rock Crab -Rock Cod -Salmon
John Hurwitz	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Irene Marie G-5	925-785-1633, imhurwitz@sbcglobal.net	-Albacore Tuna -Dungeness Crab -Rockfish -Salmon
Manuel Martin	Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay	F/V Maggie G-9	562-884-2992	-Albacore Tuna -Dungeness Crab -Salmon -White Seabass
Jeffery Poss	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Westpac F-11	Call Pillar Point Harbor Hotline, 650-726-8724	-Dungeness Crab -Salmon
Dan Stuckey	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Seabird E-6	Call Pillar Point Harbor Hotline, 650-726-8724	-Dungeness Crab -Halibut -Rockfish -Salmon
Bill Webb	Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay	F/V Cricket G-1	925-757-8615 or 925-813-1591	-Albacore Tuna -Coon Stripe Shrimp -Dungeness Crab -Rockfish -Salmon
William Maidhof	between Bodega Bay and Santa Cruz	F/V Ocean Citizen	707-953-1410	-Albacore Tuna -Box Crab -Dungeness Crab -Rockfish (live and fresh)

Farmers Markets
Monterey Fish Market (Berkeley)	1582 Hopkins St.	Daily	Monterey Fish Market purchases much of their fish directly from San Francisco Bay Area fishermen
Princeton Seafood Company (Market and Restaurant, Half Moon Bay)	9 Johnson Pier	Daily	Princeton Seafood Company purchases most of their fish directly from Half Moon Bay fishermenÂ Â Â Â They will also fillet and ice fish you buy directly from fishermen on the harbor.
Berkeley Derby Street Market	Derby St. & MLK Jr.St.	Tues 2-6pm	Mike Hudson
North Berkeley’s Farmers Market	Shattuck St. & Rose St.	Thur 3-7pm	Mike Hudson
Downtwon Berkeley Center St. Famers Market	Center St. & MLK Jr. St.	Sat 10am-3pm	Mike Hudson
El Cerrito Plaza Farmers Market	El Cerrito Plaza	Sat 9am-1pm	Mike Hudson
Kensington Farmers Market	Colusa Circle, Colusa & Oakview Sts.	Sun 10am-2pm	Mike Hudson
Hayward Farmers Market	Main St, between A St. & B St.	Sat 9am-1pm	Allan Gim
Newark Farmers Market	NewPark Mall, NW Parking Lot	Sun 9am-1pm	Vincent Pham, Edgar Serrano
Stockton Farmers Market	Crosstown Freeway, El Dorado St. & San Joaquin St.	Sat 7am-11am	Vincent Pham & Family
Union City Farmers Market	Old Alvarado/Cesar Chavez Park, Smith St. & Watkins St.	Sat 9am-1pm	Vincent Pham & Family
San Jose Farmers Market	San Pedro between Santa Clara & St. John St.	Fri 10am-2pm (May-mid Dec.)	Vincent Pham & Family
Palo Alto Farmers Market	Gilman St., & Hamilton Ave.	Sat 8am-12pm	Pietro Parravano
Menlo Park Farmers Market	Crane St. & Chesnut St.	Sun 9am-1pm	Pietro Parravano

Restaurants that buy directly from local fishermen
Fish.	350 Harbor Dr., Sausalito	415-331-3474	www.331fish.com
Scoma’s Restaurant	Pier 47, Al Scoma Way, San Francisco	415-771-4383	www.scomas.com
Princeton Seafood Company	9 Johnson Pier, Half Moon Bay	650-726-2722	www.princetonseafood.com*also a fish market

Please notify us if you know of any fisherman (or if you are a commercial fisherman) that sells seafood directly to consumers. Help us expand this public resource!

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