Posted: Mar 09, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 9
Whitefish are the top local fish sold by Eat the Fish, of Thunder Bay, Ont. Other fish species sold include lake trout, perch and walleye. (Paul Drombolis)
Like many people in northwestern Ontario, Paul Drombolis grew up loving fish and fishing.
He says as a young man he chased brook trout and steelhead in local streams and rivers around Thunder Bay. He fell in love with the area and the fish. Although it started out as simply as a fever for angling, as he grew older, Drombolis wanted to make a career out of fish.
North American Local Catch Network Awarded $500,000 USDA Grant to Catalyze “Boat-to-Fork” Seafood Marketing in the United States
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Funding will create first nationwide accelerator to train and support seafood producers in marketing their catch directly to consumers
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This grant will help to ensure that these alternative business models remain sustainable long-term and seafood is recognized as an integral part of local and regional food systems ORONO, Maine (PRWEB) January 25, 2021 The Local Catch Network, based in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, has received a half-million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) to support better integration of seafood into local and regional food systems and fund the creation of ‘Scale Your Local Catch,’ the first nationwide training and technical as
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