Welcome to Sawmill Bay Shellfish
Sustainable, Quality, Family owned
Welcome to Sawmill Bay Shellfish website and online store. Our main goal is to always achieve a high level of customer satisfaction with the services and products that we provide. Oysters harvested direct from our farms or those close by ensures freshness second to none. All the products you see here are processed and packed with love in our own federally registered facility We’re thrilled you’ve decided to visit us - please browse our site to discover what we’re all about.
More About Sawmill Bay Shellfish
Our Story
Sawmill Bay Shellfish is based on beautiful Quadra Island in British Columbia, Canada with farms located in the glacier-fed ocean waters of the Discovery Islands, our family business produces oysters and clams in an environmentally sustainable and ethical manner.
Fresh Oyster sales direct to restaurants and wholesalers have been our main stay for over 15 years .
We now have an exciting new line up of ready to cook products for supply to retailers , restaurants and direct to consumers via our on-line store.
Investment in modern smoking, freezing and canning equipment in our own CFIA registered processing plant has allowed us to transform our oysters into these delicious new products, harvested at the optimum time of year from pristine waters, you can enjoy our products with confidence.
Shellfish from Sawmill Bay has one of the lowest carbon footprints of any protein source-that's a fact!!
Sustainable oysters from Sawmill Bay
Sawmill Bay purchase oyster seed or spat from a hatchery on Vancouver island and grow it out on our farms over a 2 year period with no feed other than the naturally occurring plankton in the ocean and definitely no medication
This method is completely sustainable and ensure no depletion of wild stocks
(Photo shows seeding of ROPS growout module)
Shellfish has one of the lowest carbon footprints of any protein source Thats an important fact in todays era of climate change
Family Business
Truly Top-Notch
Steve, Linda, Megan, Katie and Henry ---The last 15+ years we have been the owners and stewards of Sawmill Bay Shellfish . Steve and Linda have been the main drivers with help from time to time from the Kids !
Shellfish farming is hard work ! and we have been lucky to have some great employees over the years to help fulfill our goals
Giving Back
Every year for the past 13 years Steve and Linda owners of Sawmill Bay have been principle sponsor of the Bearfoot Bistro world invitational shucking competition ---as well as bringing world class shuckers together for an exciting competition this event is a big charity fundraiser . In the photo Steve is presenting the 2023 check to Myeloma Canada executive director, Matine Elias .
Multiple Myeloma is type of Blood Cancer which at present has no cure . Money raised will go towards helping find new treatments,advocacy and searching for a cure.
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