Copper Valley Fish Collective

We are a husband and wife fishing operation out of Cordova, Alaska. Gillnet fishing at the mouth of the Copper River and in the heart of Prince William Sound is a small-scale endeavor where boats with 1-2 crew pick each fish out of the net by hand. We wanted our fish to be sold in a way that honors this process. We produce sustainable, small-scale, high quality salmon. In order to meet the business demand for our salmon while maintaining this scale of production, we teamed up with fisherman friends in our area to form a collective.

The salmon you’ll find in your share is the same fish you’ll find in our freezer. Because we handle each of our fish, we can guarantee that they were bled and iced the same we do it for ourselves, our friends, and our family. We pick each fish individually out of the net, bleed it immediately, and place it in a slush of ice and seawater that stays below freezing due to the salt content. We restock our ice from boats that meet us in the ocean so that our fish maintain their “fresh from the sea” taste until they are blast frozen.

We distribute our salmon through our Community Supported Fishery (CSF). When you join our CSF, you can order shares of our season’s catch, delivered in vacpacked, individual portions. All of our fish is sushi grade and safe to eat raw. We also have several varieties of shelf-stable smoked salmon to stock your pantry, and you can order in our online shop for delivery to your door. The salty, smoky combination that’s ready to eat right out of the package is dangerous – you’ve been warned!