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NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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Welcome to Week 3 of NH Community Seafood's CSF! I hope you are enjoying your fish.
This week's Catch of the Week is White Hake, Urophycis tenuis, otherwise called "Mud Hake".
Distinguished by the white barbels on the chin and white spots, White Hake are found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Hatteras, NC and occasionally some schools will stray into deep waters off the coast of Florida. White hake migrate from cooler, deeper waters in the winter to warmer, shallower waters in the spring and summer. Some juveniles can be found in estuaries in the summer. Adult hake can live up to 20 years old and female white hake are among the most fertile of all groundfish (the fish that live on the bottom or "ground" of the ocean), producing up to several million eggs in one spawn!
Despite it's name, the hake is not all white, it is a mud-colored (hence the nickname, "Mud Hake"), white spotted fish on the sides, bronze-gold colored on top and white on the underbelly. Hake have a rather large mouth, the cardinal barbel and very long pectoral (the ones on the sides) fins that have ray- like projections spanning off the body.
White hake are delicious because they primarily eat small crustaceans like lobsters and crabs and shrimp! What a bonus for us! Their flesh has a thick, white meaty consistency and cooks up nicely. Here is a link to some great recipes on Pinterest,https://www.pinterest.com/explore/hake-recipes/.
Our Fisherman this week for the majority of our shares is NH Sector fisherman, Fanel Dobre, owner of the F/V Angela Michelle. A guest boat out of Gloucester helped catch the remainder of our hake for this week.
Additional Fish Orders and Lobster Ravioli Add-ons:
If you love hake or just need some extra fish this week, we are now offering our Additional Fish Orders to be made until 9pm tonight. The same goes for our Lobster Ravioli Add-Ons. You now have until tonight, Monday at 9pm to order these delicious treats to be included in your share for this week! Additional fish will come in 1lb packages and the Lobster Ravioli will now be labelled with your name on the bag and placed on top of the coolers.
Lobster Ravioli Add ons now available to order online until 9pm tonight!
HOLDS AND DOUBLES:
We offer a flexible hold system if you are away for a week during our session. To access this feature, use the Member Login on our website. Here you may select the week you want for us to "hold" your share and the week you want us to "double up". When you receive your double share, it will be in the same size bags as your regular share and you will pick up two packages. For example, if you are signed up for a 1lb share, your double share will come in two 1lb packages. The same goes for 1/2 lb and 2lb double shares.
SELF-SERVE PICK UPS:
We have 17 pick ups throughout the state and one in Dracut, Massachusetts. Due to the number of pick ups we offer, some of them are self-serve. If you are picking up from a self-serve pick up, please remember to check the weight of your share on the bag and check your name off the pick up list. We have had some confusion with members accidentally picking up the wrong share sizes at our self serve pick ups and leaving other members empty handed!
Larger self serve pick ups will have 2 coolers: one with just 1lb shares and the other with 2lb and 1/2lb shares, easily distinguishable from one another.
Each bag is labelled with the size of the share and each share is bagged in a different sized bag, according to weight. 2lb shares are in large gallon sized square bags, 1lb shares are in medium sized square bags and 1/2lb shares are in smaller, rectangular sized bags. Here's what they look like side by side:

- Anneke Jans, Kittery, ME
- Throwback Brewery, North Hampton, NH
- Local Eatery, Laconia, NH
- The Hancock Inn, Hancock, NH
- Moxy, Portsmouth, NH
- Vida Cantina, Portsmouth, NH
- Jumpin' Jays Fish Cafe, Portsmouth, NH
- One Hundred Club, Portsmouth, NH
- 7th Settlement, 47 Washington Street, Dover, NH
- Monadnock Food Co-op, Keene, NH
- The Bedford Village Inn, Bedford, NH
- Franklin Oyster House, Portsmouth, NH
- Sonny's Tavern, Dover, NH
- The District, Porstmouth, NH
Brookford Farm Partnership:
Get fresh organic produce, milk products, meats and more along with your fish shares
Brookford Farm, in Canterbury, NH and NH Community Seafood have a long history. Brookford Farm delivers shares for us to some of our pick up locations beyond the Seacoast region. They also help hand out shares for us at some locations. AND, they have a fantastic CSA program with farm fresh organic produce, eggs, milk products, handmade bread and meats! You can get your CSA share from Brookford along with your fish at these pick up locations: Nashua, Manchester, Exeter and Canterbury. Summer Sessions start June 6!
Thank you for supporting NH's only Community Supported Fishery. We have rolling enrollment until August and our 8-week Summer Session starts June 21 if you know anyone who has tried our fish and wants to sign up!
All the best,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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Welcome to Week 2 of our Spring/Summer CSF Session! Our first week of distribution went well, except for a few issues with our self serve pick ups. If you are a member at a self serve pick up, there are a few things we will need you to do to ensure everyone is getting the correct share size:
Self serve Pick up Checklist:
1. Please check your bag label for lb amount to make sure you are taking the correct share size. You signed up for %%member-types-text%%. Your share size is also listed on the pick up sheet.Here are the three share sizes, bagged according to weight.
These are the three share sizes, 2lb, 1lb and 1/2lb.
If your pick up has two coolers, one will always have 1lb shares and the other will have 2lb and 1/2lb shares. Add- ons are typically on top of the coolers.
2. Check your name off the pick up list
3. Enjoy your fresh fish
This week's Catch of the Week is the Monkfish. Formerly caught as by-catch in otter trawls and gillnets, monkfish have quickly become one of the world's most popular fish. In the west, usually just the tail meat is eaten, but there is a large market for whole monkfish in Asian countries. Also known as "Poor Man's Lobster", monkfish tail meat has both the consistency and distinct taste of this famous crustacean. If you like lobster, you'll love monkfish! And if you don't like lobster, the firm, white fillet when cooked also tastes like a sweetened fish. The flesh is distinct and a purplish-brownish color when raw and turns white once cooked.
Not at all attractive on the outside, monkfish should not be judged by their outward appearance! They are brownish color mottled with white spots on top and white on the underbelly. Their habitat spans from the Grand Banks and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence along the Atlantic shoreline south to Cape Hatteras, NC. Monkfish are voracious predators. They lurk on the sandy, muddy bottom and lure their prey with the spiny extension on their head. This "lure" attracts the prey, like bait on fishing line, bringing the victim close in for the lunge of the monkfish. The unusually broad mouth , adapted to swallow whole fish, shrimp and squid, is lined with layers of stubby white teeth.
Cook monkfish as you would any other fish, and remember the cardinal rule, 10 minutes an inch! The monkfish "fillets" are wide and thick, because they are the tail meat. Marinating the tails and seasoning before cooking adds to the flavor. Baked, sauteed, broiled, roasted or grilled, these tails are fantastic!
Here are some great recipe ideas for monkfish: https://www.pinterest.com/fishisthedish/monkfish-recipes/.
Our fishermen this week are "guest boats" from the Portland, Maine area. Only two of our NH fishermen are fishing this week and their catch is being landed far away in New Bedford, Mass. In these rare cases early in the season, when many of our NH Dayboat Fishermen are not yet fishing, we rely on our neighboring fishermen for fish. Thanks to the F/V Christina Carol for a majority of our Monkfish this week!
ADD ONS:
You can still order Lobster Ravioli and Additional fish by 9pm tonight!
We currently have two Add-ons available for Members toorder in addition to their fish share. They are Lobster Ravioli and. You must be paid in full to order Add-ons through our website. Just pay with a credit or debit card using our Paypal. You do not need a Paypal account. Add on orders are typically due by Sunday night, however we are extending today's Add -on order to 9pm tonight, since we forgot to send you a reminder!
Don't forget the upcoming fundraiser for nhptv, with a panel discussion moderated by NHCS Secretary Erik Chapman:
Also, we will soon be offering a delicious fish seasoning blend, Nuts to Fish, brought to us by CSF member and NHCS Shareholder, Cinde Vandette of Hampstead. We will offer this product as an Add-on midway through this Session, stay tuned!
It's not too late to get your friends, family and coworkers on board! We will have a revolving enrollment until July for this session!
Thank you for supporting NH Community Seafood and enjoy the monkfish!
Cheers,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.




- Throwback Brewery, North Hampton, NH
- Local Eatery, 21 Veterans Square, Laconia, NH
- The Hancock Inn,33 Main Street, Hancock, NH
- Moxy, 106 Penhallow Street, Portsmouth, NH
- Vida Cantina, 2456 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth, NH
- Jumpin' Jays Fish Cafe, 150 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH
- Blue Moon Evolution, 8 Clifford Street, Exeter,NH
- One Hundred Club, 100 Market Street, #500, Portsmouth, NH
- 7th Settlement, 47 Washington Street, Dover, NH
- Monadnock Food Co-op, Keene, NH
- The Bedford Village Inn, Bedford, NH
- Franklin Oyster House, Portsmouth, NH


NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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- Session 1 May 1 - August 14.
- Session 2 August 16 - November 27
- Holiday Seafood Medley Session December 6 - December 31.
- 2lb Share (formerly called "Full" Share)
- 1lb Share (formerly called "Half" Share)
- 1/2lb Share (formerly called "Quarter"Share)
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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Week 4, Premier Fish- Grey Sole Fillet
It's our final week of the Holiday Seafood Medley Session and NH Community Seafood's final week of the season. Thank you all for participating in this unique blend of NH's freshest seafood for the Holiday Season. We will surely feature this again next year.
Our Community Supported Fishery (CSF) season will begin again next spring. We will be bringing you local fish and other Add On items, like the variety of shellfish we featured this session.
Look for a sign up email notification in March 2016 to become a Member of NH's only cooperatively owned CSF!
Our "Premier Fish" for this Holiday Session is Grey (or Torbay) sole, otherwise known as Witch Flounder. Common throughout the Gulf of Maine, the Grey Sole is known for it's high quality texture and small, delicately flavored fillets.
Your sole fillets will be from 2-4 ounces each and delicate and thin. They will cook quickly so be cautious not to overcook. Here are some great recipes, including Crab Meat Stuffed Sole, as seen above: https://www.pinterest.com/aquanor/grey-sole-recipes/.
Thank you to President of NH Community Seafood's Board of Directors and our Lobsterman for this Session, Damon Frampton, Captain of F/V Vivian May of Portsmouth, for providing us with live NH lobsters Week 2 and the Fresh Lobster Meat and Lobster Ravioli all Season.
NH Community Seafood President and Lobsterman, Damon Frampton (left) and Sternman
F/V Vivian May landed all our Lobster this Season
Thank you again for your patronage and for supporting our local NH Fishing Industry for 2015! We look forward to seeing you next year! Until then...
All the Best in the New Year and Peace on Earth,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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Hello Holiday Seafood Medley Members,
Our final week of deliveries is next week, which is already Christmas Week! Here are the changes for pick up times by location:
Manchester and Exeter- usually Thursdays, moved to Wednesday, December 23, same times
Peterborough- usually Friday, moved to Wednesday, December 23, same times
Dover, Durham, Portsmouth- usually Friday, moved to Thursday, December 24, coolers will be there as early as NOON at Durham and Dover and as early as 230pm at Porstmouth!
Happy Holidays and thanks for making it local, NH Seafood for the Season!!
With tidings of comfort and joy,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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It's Oyster Week!

Hello Holiday Seafood Medley Members,
Are we having fun yet? We are loving being able to provide you all with this great variety of the freshest seafood NH has to offer for the Holiday through NH's Only Community Supported Fishery!
This week, we will feature oysters grown right here in New Hampshire, in Great Bay! Your oysters will be harvested the night before your pick up, so it doesn't get any fresher than that!
Our oysters this week come from my former co-worker and friend, Brian Gennaco, owner of Virgin Oyster Company in Dover. We also received oysters from Wagon Hill Oysters, owned by former colleagues and long time UNH professors, Researchers and oyster farmer experts, Dr. Ray Grizzle and Dr. David Berlinsky (also a fish aquaculturist).
Brian Gennaco and his wife, Sarah Dr. Ray Grizzle
Most people know about eating oysters raw on the halfshell, but they can also be cooked, smoked, fried, used in soups and chowders and mixed in with a variety of other seafood in recipes! Here are some great for your oysters:https://www.pinterest.com/explore/oyster-recipes/.
For Christmas week, we have some adjustments to some of our pick ups:
Manchester: Moved to Wednesday, same times
Exeter: Moved to Wednesday, same times
Peterborough: Moved to Wednesday, same times
All other Friday Pick Ups, Dover, Durham and Portsmouth:
Moved to Thursday, same times
Our premier fish for next week, weather dependent of course, will be Grey Sole! So you can plan your Christmas week fish dinner now!
Happy Holidays and thanks for making it Seafood for the Season!
With Wishes of Peace and Joy,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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LIVE LOBSTER WEEK 2
Welcome to Week 2 of our Holiday Seafood Medley Session! Your lobsters will be live and banded at the claws, freshly caught this week. Your share consists of 2 live lobsters. At most pick up locations, we will have a volunteer there to help you bag your crustaceans. We do have some pick up locations that will be self serve, with bags provided and lobsters on gelpack ice in our coolers.
For our adventurous and hopefully willing members, our self-serve pick ups this week are:
Applecrest Farm- Tuesday 2:30-6:30pm
Farmer Dave's, Dracut, Ma-Tuesday, 4-7pm, (Reminder: BROX HILL FARM TODAY, then to PARKER RD last two weeks)
Brasen Hill Farm,Thursday, 11:30-4:30 staff there to assist, after 4:30pm, will be self serve
Durham- Friday, 2-6pm
We all know how to commonly prepare these beloved creatures, but here are some other great holiday recipe ideas for your lobsters, including the New England favorite, Baked Stuffed Lobster: https://www.pinterest.com/travelmedia/lobster-recipes-festivals-more/
And don't forget about our Add Ons for the rest of the Session! You can order Portsmouth Lobster Company's Lobster Ravioli or Fresh Picked Lobster Tail, Claw and Knuckle Meat as an extra treat for your Holiday Seafood dinners!
Try one of these Member- only Shellfish Add Ons for next week! Just get your order in by Sunday at 9pm for delivery at your pick up location with your oyster share!
Enjoy your lobsters and please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Thanks for making it fresh and local Seafood for the Holiday!
With Holiday Wishes for Peace and Joy,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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MAKE IT LOBSTER FOR THE HOLIDAYS, we have a variety of choices:
Lobster Ravioli Fresh Picked Lobster Meat
12 oz bag, for just $15 Tail, claw and knuckle, just $53/lb
We are delighted to offer you two delicious Lobster Shellfish Add Ons for our Holiday Session! Both items, brought to us by Portsmouth Lobster Company, are available to be picked up with your Holiday Share all month.
Our lobster meat is direct off the boat, caught and picked by our NH Lobstermen! Great for making lobster rolls, seafood salad and just about any recipe that calls for lobster!
Sign up here, and pay with a credit card or debit card. Remember, you must be fully paid for your Holiday Medley Share to order these Add Ons.
ORDER BY SUNDAY at 9pm to receive your Add On the following week with your share!
Enjoy the Holidays! And thanks for making it local, NH Seafood!
New Hampshire Community Seafood
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209
NH Community Seafood
Community Supported Fishery
Eat Fresher Fish. Support Your Fishing Community.
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It's Week 1, Scallop Week! Thank you for your order!
Our scallops are fresh and just landed and average 40-50 scallops/lb. Your share for this week is a 3/4lb bag of scallops bagged in a clear unlabeled bag. Shares will be kept on ice in coolers at your pick up location, which will be operating on the same times as we did for our CSF fish pick ups! This is how they will look:
Scallops can be cooked in a number of ways, broiled, baked or sauteed. Wrapped in bacon, they are delicious! Here are some great ideas for scallop recipes:https://www.pinterest.com/thesneak50/scallops-recipes/.
Our Fisherman for the Scallops is long time Portsmouth Ground Fisherman and Scallop Fisherman Jeremy Davis of the F/V Karen Lynn I. Thanks to Jeremy and his crew for providing us with the freshest scallops in NH!
The F/V Karen Lynn I, landing our Scallops for this Week
And as a reminder, our upcoming weeks for this seafood extravaganza look like this:
Week 2: (Dec 8-11): Lobsters, 2-1lb/share, Don't forget,the lobsters are live. We will have someone at your pick up location to assist you in bagging your share. Lobster bags will be provided.
Week 3 (Dec 15-18): Oysters, 1 dozen/share
Week 4 (Dec 22-24): Premier Fish, 1 lb/share The prospects for this "premier fish" are: grey sole, halibut or cod. It will depend on that supply that week!
Thanks again for signing up for this first time event from NH Community Seafood! It is our last session for the season and it will provide our NH Fishing Community with continued support right into the New Year!
Enjoy your scallops and Happy Holidays!
All the best,
Andrea
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nhcommunityseafood@gmail.com
Andrea Tomlinson
Manager, New Hampshire Community Seafood
(603) 767-7209