Nunavut Wild Arctic Char
2010 Season

For more than two thousand years the Inuit of the Nunavut region of Canada have fished their frigid waters for wild arctic char to sustain their community. Now, for only the third season, they’re sharing the delicacy with American diners.

A Short and Glorious Season In Nunavut, the northernmost region of Canada, summer is brief — and the season for wild arctic char is too.   Catch it while you can!

Taste from Another World The Nunavut territory, up at the top of the world, is flat, tree-less tundra stretching as far as you can see.  Most of the year it’s ice and snow against a cold gray sky.  Yet out of this extreme environment comes a fish of amazing delicacy and depth, with flesh as vibrant as the landscape is bare. 

Artisan Stewardship In temperatures hovering just above freezing, the fisherman camp at their traditional grounds and wait for the fish to show up. With a mixture of small gill nets and weir nets, which are similar to underwater fences, they wade into the rivers to trap the fish.

• Photos: See more images of Wild Nunavut Arctic Char on Facebook.
  
  
• Video: Meet the people behind Wild Nunavut Arctic Char here.
  
  
• Nunavut in the News:
  “Inuit Take Wild Char to U.S. Market… a wild fish with succulent vermillion flesh” read more — Florence Fabricant, The New York Times

“Canada's latest seafood export hits all the right notes… New! Sustainable! Rare!” read more — Tasting Table

• More Info: Click here for a pdf with more information
  
  
• Find Nunavut Near You!*

- Volt Frederick, MD

- Waterbar San Francisco, CA

- 2941 Falls Church, VA

- BlackSalt Fish Market Washington DC

- Blue Hill at Stone Barns Blue Hill, NY

- Bamboo Sushi Portland, OR