Twenty eight years by the lagoon.

Saltbridge began with one woman, one basin and two boats she trusted. Her son and daughter run the market today, with the same boats' children still bringing in the catch.

Wooden fishing boats pulled up on a sandy shore

The years

From a basin to a board.

Scroll sideways along the shore.

1998
A basin at the jetty
Mama Ronke sold croaker from a basin at the lagoon jetty, buying from two boats and walking her fish up to the Ajah road.
2004
The first stall
A wooden stall with a zinc roof and a chest freezer, run on a small generator when the light went.
2011
Ice and the steel tables
We started bedding every fish on ice and built steel cleaning tables with running water.
2016
The smoke house
A brick smoke house behind the stall meant nothing good went to waste.
2020
Delivery runs
When people could not come out, we put fish on ice in boxes and took it to them. The runs never stopped.
2026
The catch board
The board on the wall moved online, so Lekki can see what landed before leaving the house.

The people

Who you will meet.

Tunde Bakare

Runs the market

At the jetty at 4:30am most days. Knows every crew by name. Names are invented for this demo.

Yetunde Bakare

Orders and kitchens

Answers the WhatsApp line, plans party orders and keeps the restaurant accounts.

Emeka

Head cutter

Fifteen years at the steel tables. Ask him for a pepper soup cut and watch.

Mama Ronke

Founder

Still comes in on Saturdays to check the croaker, and the prices.

What we believe

Four things that have not changed.

Pay the crews fairly and on time. The best fish goes to the buyer the boats trust.
Ice is not optional. One kilo of ice for every kilo of fish, from the jetty to your gate.
Tell the truth on the board. If it is not fresh today, it does not say fresh.
Waste nothing. What does not sell fresh is smoked, and the bones go to stock.