Seafood With a Story
We believe in transparency and are proud to tell you exactly where our seafood comes from, how it was caught, and who caught it. We want to create a connection between you, the seafood, and the dedicated fishers who provide it. By supporting us, you are supporting sustainable fishing practices and local communities.
Our Core Values
High Quality,
Handled with Respect
Traceable and
Transparent
Wild Caught,
Never Farmed
Responsibly Caught,
No Nets
Connecting Customers
to Fishers
Honoring our Oceans for Future Generations
Who We Are
Maria Steyaart
Owner and Direct Sales Manager
After growing up in Vermont, moving away, then settling back in Vermont, Maria understands our connection to the source of our food and she has also seen the lack of transparency in seafood around the country. Maria and her husband, Lynn, returned to Vermont in 2014 and started Honeywilya Fish in an attempt to change that; a seafood brand that stands for high quality, responsibly caught, wild Alaskan seafood that Lynn and his crew catch themselves. If you have been to either Richmond, Waitsfield, Montpelier or Stowe farmers markets, you have probably met her as she loves talking about Lynn and how he catches his fish. After many years of searching for a space to open a brick-n-mortar storefront, they decided to take their idea on the road by converting a trailer into a mobile seafood market to spread their seafood connection to all communities in Vermont. Keep an eye out for Maria, as she could be docking in a community near you.
Capt. Lynn Steyaart
Co-owner, fisherman and purveyor of Honeywilya Fish
Lynn is the captain and owner of the trusty troller (hook-and-line fishing boat), Miss Alice (named after his mom). His love for fishing started at a young age in coastal Georgia where he spent countless days of his youth sport/subsistence fishing from a small boat with his father and later learning how to fly-fish. After earning his degree at the University of Vermont, Lynn navigated his way to Petersburg, Alaska. Upon arrival, Lynn dove head-first into commercial fishing, making it his way of life. Trolling for Alaskan fish has its mental and physical challenges, but for Lynn the greatest sense of accomplishment is providing his customers with sustainably harvested, high quality, wild seafood. Lynn says “it is very difficult to leave every year but someone has to catch the fish and coming home is always that much sweeter.” When Lynn is not fishing in Alaska, he is either snowboarding or connecting with fishers across the east coast to supply the Community Dock Seafood Market with high quality, responsibly caught, east coast seafood.
Honeywilya Fish
Our exclusive fish & seafood brand
HIGH QUALITY, LINE CAUGHT, WILD SEAFOOD. For 13 years, Lynn Steyaart was the captain/owner of the 30-foot fishing vessel, Honeywilya. During that time, Lynn and Maria moved back to Vermont and branded his seafood, Honeywilya Fish.
Honeywilya Fish is now the exclusive brand of the Community Dock Seafood Market. All Honewilya Fish products are hook-n-line caught, pulled aboard individually on our fishing vessel, and personally handled by Lynn and his crew. Unlike some of the larger net fishery operations or large fish packing houses, Honeywilya Fish stands for quality over quantity. Each fish is individually cleaned, packed in ice and transported to Petersburg, Alaska where it is vacuum sealed and flash frozen to sushi grade temperature, locking in its freshness.
