You see, Steve works for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and hosts an Chesapeake Bay Seafood Update email list serve that gives you the inside scoop on what's in season and what's headed to a restaurant near you. Basically, his job is to be the point person between Maryland fisherman and the chefs cooking your food.
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Steve Vilnit (photo stolen from his Twitter avatar) |
This week, I learned that the striped bass/rockfish season is seeing a near record-breaking catch this year, yellow perch (which have a very limited season) season is progressing and blue catfish is very limited right now. All that, plus Maryland crab season opens up April 1st and since we've had all of this warm weather, we could be cracking crabs early this year!
You don't think I'd sing all of these praises and then not tell you how to get in on the action, do you? Let's make a deal. I'll tell you where to go to sign up for the Chesapeake Bay Seafood Updates (link embedded)... you promise me that you'll seek local seafood on your menus. Don't be afraid to ask your chefs and servers where something comes from - most of them love eating local too!
PS. Yes, Steve, I am most definitely angling to get aboard for a fishing or crabbing expedition this spring.
2 comments:
Me too. A crab photo safari!
This is so cool and something we need to follow in our area in Australia. I need the local fisherman's co-op to put their catch of the day on our facebook page so that our "following community" and Treehouse guests know what to ask for at the local restaurants. i cant wait for blue swimmer crab season to start! I love this blog.
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