Sailor’s Seafoods
Sailor and Lisa Johnson
Sailor’s Seafoods, home of the Honey Mussel™
Sailor and Lisa Johnson are the proud owners and farmers of Sailor’s Seafoods.
Starting from humble beginnings, the two of them transformed their farm to produce one of the most unique shellfish products on the market, the Honey Mussel™.
Sailor’s Seafoods
What Sailor’s Seafoods is to Us
Family Run
We’re a small family run company made possible by the support of our family and friends. Our farm has provided us the opportunity to raise our two sons and given us the stability to participate in our community.
Hard Working
We are entirely hands-on from start to finish. We focus on quality over quantity. Every single mussel is handled and checked by our workers. We do our best so that our customers only receive the very best product.
Locally Proud
Our farm is located on Lasqueti Island, BC. We’re proud to be a part of the Canadian west coast shellfish aquaculture industry. We ship our Honey Mussels live to Vancouver BC every week.
The Farm
Where the mussels are grown that end up on your plate
Where is the farm located?
Sailor’s Seafoods Farm is located in a lagoon on Lasqueti Island, BC, Canada.
This lagoon is located 180km from Vancouver, BC.
What’s the farm like?
Grown in a Pristine Lagoon
This lagoon provides the perfect location for growing shellfish.
It’s protected from storms, so less equipment is needed. The daily tides provide more than enough nutrients shellfish require for healthy growth.
The lagoon hosts a complex and rich ecosystem. Our farm provides an artificial reef allowing wildlife to prosper.
Off The Grid
The farm is completely off the grid.
This makes farming substantially more challenging. Sailor and Lisa have had to come up with solutions to problems that conventional “on the grid” farmers don’t have. Solutions are required rather than large energy consuming machinery to ensure a quality product, from start to finish, when off the grid. Alternative energies like solar and hydro power are used to power parts of the farm activities.
We’re Conscious of Wildlife
On the Farm and Crossing the Strait of Georgia
In Balance with our Ecological Neighbours
We interact with nature on daily basis
Local Ecosystem
Our farm is surround by a rich ecosystem comprised of many plants and animals. The lagoon is hidden amongst acres of old growth forest. The lagoon provides refuge for many animals that depend on the ocean.
Sustainability
Sustainability is conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.
Mussels require low use of marine resources and have minimal polluting impact.Well-managed farmed mussels are a "Best Choice" seafood offering. Mussel farming is endorsed by environmental and seafood-monitoring groups such as Ocean Wise, The Audubon Society, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, and Sea Choice.
Clean
Our Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program is one of the most stringent in the world.This ensures that our waters are monitored regularly to ensure the coastal waters are clean and our shellfish products are free of any toxins.
Our History
We have a rich family history with the water and land
Timeline of Sailor’s Seafoods
1949
Sailor’s parents acquired the lands around the lagoon where the shellfish farm is still located to this day. Sailor’s mom and dad were homesteaders, farming goats, cows, and chickens on the land.
1982
Sailor Johnson started Sailor’s Seafoods, previously know as Sailor’s Oysters. He worked hard to be innovative, creating new technologies to grow shellfish.
1984
Lisa Johnson moved to Lasqueti to join Sailor on his shellfish endeavours. They married two years later. They had two sons and worked hard on the their shellfish farm to support their new family.
1999
Sailor and Lisa started to investigate growing mussels commercially, which eventually lead them to pioneering the Honey Mussel.
Development of the Honey Mussel™
Sailor’s Seafoods steadily innovated and helped create new technologies to grow shellfish. In 1999, Sailor, in association with brothers Gordon and Bruce Jones of Innovative Aquaculture Products, began selectively breeding mussels. After many years the final result was the Honey Mussels.