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Hitting Howe Sound Early On The Hunt For Sweet Spot Prawns

I woke up at just before 5am to meet up with “C” Restaurant executive chef Rob Clark to go fishing for the first spot prawns of the season. We climbed aboard the Organic Ocean with fishermen Frank and Steve, and raced out to pull up the 300 traps they’d set the night before. After six hours on the sunny waters, we hauled the big catch back to False Creek Fisherman’s Wharf, and officially launched the 3rd Annual Spot Prawn Festival.

Watch the super good and educational times in the video above and then click through the photo gallery below:

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As you can see, the day was a smashing success. I’ve yet to see our internals, but I reckon the numbers were well in excess of a thousand people. Not bad for day one!

The festival runs for the next two months, covering the duration of the local spot prawn season. If you’re down with sourcing local and sustainable food, this is your time to pounce. Whether fresh off the boat in May or thawed in February, BC spot prawns are juicy and full of flavour. They don’t come from the very gross and environmentally devastating “farms” of Vietnam and Thailand (aka the tiger prawns you get at the many Vancouver restaurants that could give a f@ck), and the money you pay at the wharf goes directly into the local economy.

Enjoy the next sixty days of prawns, folks. I think I ate over a billion of the critters yesterday…

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