She also said their fish is caught with a longliner boat which uses this hook-and-line method. Their fish is longliner caught and frozen at sea, versus other places, whose fish come from a trawling boat that uses a large net that scrapes across the ocean floor, catching everything in its path, from whales, halibut and crab, Amanda Andrew said. But now that they have received L&I approval, they officially served in Bellingham for the first time on March 29, 2022, at Fairhaven Stones Throw Brewery, Amanda Andrew said.Īmanda Andrew said, now that everything is ready to go, they are planning to set up their food truck at least once a week in Bellingham, and from there, they plan to be in Whatcom County five days a week.Īmanda Andrew said there are some places where you can get fish and chips in Bellingham, but many serve trawl caught cod or trawl caught pollack as opposed to their sustainable hook-and-line caught cod. 2021.įood trucks need an inspection from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries to operate legally, but at Bellingham Seafest, Captain’s Cod Company didn’t need L&I approval because it was an event. They then bought a second food truck in January 2021, five months after they first started serving their food in eastern Washington, she said.Īccording to Amanda Andrew, the first time they operated their food truck in Bellingham was at Bellingham Seafest, Oct.
They then decided they wanted to operate a second food truck in Whatcom County after friends and family kept telling them there weren’t many options for good fish and chips in Bellingham, and because they wanted to be close to home Amanda Andrew said. "We started it over there because we figured it's a landlocked area, not a lot of options for fresh fish, and now that truck is in nine counties all across eastern Washington," Amanda Andrew said.ĭespite starting their food truck operations in eastern Washington, the couple lives in Bellingham and operates Captain's Cod Company out of the area, she said.Īmanda Andrew said they were reluctant to operate their food truck in Bellingham because it’s so close to the water and there are many options for fresh fish, but it was always a goal to operate a second food truck in Whatcom county. When they first started operating their food truck, they thought Chelan County in eastern Washington would be a good place to start due to fresh fish being unavailable in the area, she said. They bought their first food truck in February 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they couldn’t operate it for the first time until National Fish and Chip day, Sept.
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