Urchin roe is a creamy, salty delicacy that is easy to hand harvest in BC.  Sometimes, you don't even have to get in the water!  You can harvest urchin all year round.  So to get started check tidal charts online for a low tide under .3m is good. In winter, the lowest tides are frequently at night, so bring a flashlight, neoprene gloves, kitchen tongs, and a tidal water fishing license for some fun and adventurous harvesting.  I'll be serving my hand harvested uni butter(recipe here) for lunch at our winter sea foraging class this weekend and Feb 7th. To learn more from me about how to harvest seafood in winter, come out on a sea foraging class starting this weekend. A few dates are already sold out, check the details below...

Foraging tip: psst... Saturday at 11pm you have the lowest tide in a while at 0.4m, a really fun time to do some headlamp guided tide pooling for you night owls!

WINTER SEA FORAGING EVENT

Learn from a local chef forager, Robin Kort.  We'll sample different delicious varieties of local seaweed and snuggle around a fire smoking our clams and enjoying a warm bowl of chefs wild chowder.  Crab casting will be demonstrated and we'll go for a walk by the sea to talk about beach forage identifying all the edibles that we find.  

EVENT DETAILS

Partnering with the Dine Out Festival 2026 to offer 3 more classes only Jan 31 + Feb 1,7 

2 hour class including seafood lunch, 10am and 12:30 classes

Partial proceeds will go to the Pacific Salmon Foundation

Location: Belcarra Picnic Area

No special gear is needed, all ages and abilities welcome.