Cape Cleare Fishery
Salmoncycling
We believe in Bicycles
We believe in bicycles, not just for fun, but as a viable transportation alternative to motorized vehicles.
That’s why in 2003 we started delivering our salmon locally by bicycle.
Pedal Powered Salmon
Between 2003 and 2019 we transported more than one hundred thousand pounds of salmon using the power of bicycles.
Our dedicated team including Rick, Heidi and Pam, cycled through wind, rain and snow for distances of twelve to twenty miles.
Their precious cargo, loaded on custom-designed trailers crafted from aluminum ladders, weighed up to one hundred and fifty pounds - sometimes more.
For sixteen years, our “salmon cyclers” used this eco-friendly system to deliver eighty percent of the salmon we sold locally. We like to think of our bicycle deliveries as adding another chapter to the life cycle of wild salmon.
Our bicycle delivery days are mostly over for now, but we’re still proud of that part of our history.
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Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Pam Petranek
about to make an early morning fish delivery!
We still believe in bicycles. We think they can save the world and that riding one practically makes you a superhero.
But superheroes don’t have creaky knees like we mere mortals do. So, for now we make fewer local deliveries by bicycle and haul lighter loads for shorter distances.
As for our salmon, they’re as delicious as ever.
To us they’re not just fish, they're celebrities on a VIP journey from the ocean to your plate.
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