All of our canned seafood comes in tins with an easy-open pull tab lid–something that was radical for canned seafood in Canada back in 1990. The pull-tab can lid idea was originally brought to St. Jean’s by the Hagensborg Food Company. The company had found a similar can in Norway, and wanted to use that […]
June 19-21, 2015 is Family Fishing Weekend in BC! Now in its 16th year, it has become a Father’s Day weekend tradition. In addition to a number of FFW events throughout BC, there are a number of ways you can fish for free this weekend (ie. without needing a fishing license). Check out the BC […]
One of our favourite sources for ‘food ‘n fun’ knowledge–as relating to Vancouver Island food, beverage, and local food events–is Bon Vivant on Vancouver Island. Created by Hans Peter Meyer and filled with posts and stories about farmers’ markets, food trucks, must-attend culinary events, artisan food producers, and more, the website and active Twitter feed […]
By Goody Niosi “I had an engineering company in Vancouver and I came over here to help my dad sell the business. He was getting old at the time and wanted to get out of it. I worked with him for six months and decided to keep it.” And so Gerard St. Jean stepped […]
Seafood farmers create niche markets with B.C.’s fine catch By Judy Creighton The Canadian Press Many of the customers who stop to pick up fresh oysters at Mac’s Oysters Ltd, in Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island waste no time digging into their purchase. “People open the containers in the car while they are […]
By Goody Niosi Harbour City Star – April 1997 Tossed in amongst the paperwork that litters his desk, is a card that says “thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…from the gang at Chase River.” The Chase River Community Organization is only one of many groups that owes thanks to […]
After 40 years, St. Jean’s in Nanaimo is a study in diversity, processing its own products and canning for sports fishermen around the world by Carla Wilson Times Colonist It is a special moment for sports fishermen and it happens thousands of times every summer off British Columbia’s coast–a hungry Chinook makes a fatal mistake. […]
Glenn Olsen Nanaimo Daily News Salvation Army envoy Dawne Anderson helps Gerard St. Jean of St. Jean’s Cannery unload 2,880 cans of salmon, worth $7,200, at the Army’s Hamperville location in Nanaimo on Tuesday morning. The donation of salmon is a Christmas tradition started by Gerard’s father back in the late 1960s.
Sport-caught fish has the potential to be the highest quality fish taken from the sea. Because fish are caught one at a time (or two or three at a time when the fishing is hot!), attention can be given to each fish to ensure that it’s properly cared for. By following these simple procedures, you […]
Tuna Fusion Six-Pack
$39.95
Medium Assortment | All of the Best
$56.95To provide you with the best experience, we’ve created a separate site for our gourmet frozen products, which require special shipping arrangements and are shipped separately from other items.
Good News! We offer free shipping on frozen orders over $199 in British Columbia and $250 across the rest of Canada and the United States.
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