Every Wednesday, the Campus Farmers Market offers students and faculty a chance to sample and purchase many locally-produced foods, ranging from produce like apples and strawberries to homemade goods like cookies and jellies.

Now, that market will venture away from the typical goods and introduce a very different type of product — fish.

According to Pressley Blackley , a junior in mechanical engineering and market co-manager, Walking Fish will begin selling “shares” of fish this Wednesday, meaning students and faculty will be able to pre-pay for deliveries of fish once the fishing season begins.

“It is not going to be where you go and buy seafood if you want it in passing. Instead, it’s what’s called a CSF—Community Supported Fishery—where you purchase a share of the product at the beginning of a season,” Blackley said. “You pay up front and you get what they bring every week or every other week during the semester.”

According to Deborah Callaway, coordinator and secretary treasurer of Walking Fish’s Board of Directors, this is the company’s seventh season, and its first season at N.C . State. However, she said it’s not their first time working with a college campus, as the program was founded by a group of graduate students at Duke University.

Blackley said she believes selling shares rather than just the fish may make them more successful.

“They’re not going to depend on the popularity of the stuff they bring because they’ll have their customers already. I think it should be successful, and I hope they have a lot of people signing up before the season starts,” Blackley said. “I bought a share and once they start delivering I’ll get a box four times a semester, which is about all I can eat as a college student cooking for myself.”

For students who aren’t sure what to do with so much fish, Walking Fish offers a collection of recipes on its website, and, according to Callaway, Walking Fish delivers a wide range of seafood.

“You’ll get whatever is available—one week it may be flounder, the next shrimp, et cetera—it varies,” Callaway said. “But mainly what we bring in is flounder, clams, shrimp, triggerfish , blue crab, sea mollusks and sometimes less common species like sheepshead.”

According to Callaway, there will also be several different kinds of shares available for purchase.

“There are a good variety of choices for students and faculty,” Callaway said. “Your delivery can be filleted or headed and gutted, delivered weekly or biweekly, and it can be either two pounds per delivery or four pounds.”

However, for people concerned about the safety of keeping fish in the middle of the Brickyard, Callaway said all deliveries are stored properly to avoid spoiling the fish.

“We’re not coming up to sell our extra fish, and when we bring fish for deliveries it’s stored in a refrigerated truck,” Callaway said. “We have to abide by state laws, so all shares are delivered accordingly, but we do ask that members pick up their fish with a cooler and keep it refrigerated. “

While Walking Fish did not attend last week’s opening of the Campus Farmers’ Market due to the impacts of Hurricane Irene, Callaway said both she and Bill Rice, the company’s president, will attend the market Wednesday from 1 p.m . to 3 p.m .

“We are really excited to be working with N.C . State,” Callaway said. “We encourage students and faculty who like seafood to come out and get some fresh, locally-caught seafood. It’s really something that helps both the fishermen and the consumers.”