Wild. Sustainable.
West Coast.
Locally Sourced × Sustainably focus
Proudly BC Fishing Company
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Locally Sourced × Sustainably focus
Our Boats. Our Fish. From our fishermen direct to you. We are proud British Columbians striving to be the leader in sustainable fishing practices.
Welcome to Finest At Sea Ocean Products Ltd. We are the leading provider of the finest quality seafood on the West Coast. All of our products are 100% wild and caught by our own fishermen using sustainable fishing practices and catching methods. We have been operating since 1977 as F.A.S. Seafood Producers Ltd. Finest At Sea was established as a ‘boutique-style’ seafood market here in Victoria.
LOCATION
VICTORIA JAMES BAY
27 Erie Street Victoria, BC V8V 1P8 250.383.7760
HOURS: SEAFOOD MARKET DAILY 9am - 7Pm
fish & chip TRUCK daily 11am - 7pm
Products
Finest At Sea products consist of a wide variety of wild BC seafood, including: Halibut, Sablefish, Salmon, Spot Prawns, Albacore Tuna, Lingcod, Rockfish, Dungeness Crab, and Local Shellfish. We also boast a onsite smoke house where we do all our own in house recipes for smoked and candied salmon, tuna and our staff favourite sablefish. Combined with state of the art processing, storage facilities, transportation and delivery systems, Finest At Sea products are your #1 choice for the finest seafood on the West Coast.
A note from the team: after five years of working with Shopify, we have made the decision to close our online store for the time being. Their recent decision to rollback Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs within their business demonstrates a breach in ethics that we can no longer support - our values are no longer aligned.
Stay tuned for other ways to shop with us - in the meantime, please call us to place your order!
Our Fleet
Finest At Sea has ten large offshore fishing vessels, including the FV: Ocean Pearl, the largest vessel in the B.C. fishing fleet. Our vessels are equipped with cutting-edge, deep cold (-60º) freezing systems. As any experienced fish buyer knows, freshness can only be guaranteed when the time between expiration and freezing is measured in minutes.
FV Ocean pearl
This impressive 130ft ship leads our fishing fleet. Year round the 'Ocean Pearl' is catching Sablefish, along with some Halibut and Rockfish.
FV Scania Queen
Our ‘Queen’ reels in Spring, Coho, and Pink Salmon for us. Captained each summer by our fearless leader Bob Fraumeni while he mentors future fishers.
FV MALAHAT II
The Malahat isn't just the stretch of highway between Victoria and Duncan... it also is the name of a member of our fleet! She fishes for Albacore Tuna, Halibut and Lingcod
FV Nordic spirit
This 56’ member of our fleet, catches Spot Prawns, Halibut, Tuna and Sablefish. It is set up for various sustainable catch methods including, traps and long-lining
FV Hanna Lio
The 'Hanna Lio' longlines for Halibut, and Sablefish but also brings in our, Rockfish, and Lingcod as some tasty bi-catch
FV conquest
The 'Conquest' finds its home south of the border, making this ship part of our US fleet.
FV stAR wars II
The Star Wars II is one of our largest ships, but it packs one of our smallest fish: herring. Beyond Herring Packing, the Star Wars II also brings in Halibut and goes on some very impressive Ghost Gear Recovery missions
Our Story
It all started when…
As a young boy, Bob Fraumeni was fascinated by the sea. He spent countless hours fishing in Gonzales Bay in Victoria, peering into the ocean, wondering what was down there. Although he wasn’t born into a fishing family, he was drawn to the sea. As he got older, a teenage Fraumeni began hanging around the busy docks of Victoria’s Harbour, which at the time had three fish processing plants in full operation.
In 1977, Bob bought his first boat, a 36-foot West Coast troller designed for Salmon fishing. However, even as he set out on his first trips, Bob Fraumeni knew the salmon industry was going downhill.
“I realized it was time to branch out to other fisheries - especially ground fish,” Bob recalls.
By 1984, Bob’s company had grown and was established as a limited company called F.A.S.Seafood Producers Ltd., which stands for ‘Frozen At Sea.' F.A.S. now has 10 boats plying the seas, catching everything from Halibut up in Haida Gwaii to Albacore Tuna off the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
After selling exclusively to the Asian Market for many years, Bob was eager to make his high quality products available locally. ‘Finest At Sea’ was established as a boutique-style seafood company with locations in Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. Bob recognized your need for a source of top quality, 100% wild seafood products of known origin and now the Finest At Sea Products are just a phone call away.
WHY WE ARE THE FINEST
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Contact Us
We at Finest at Sea take great pride in the service that we provide to all of our customers. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments please let us know below!
Our Office
27 Erie Street
Victoria, BC. V8V1P8
