Where to Find Local Seafood

WHERE TO FIND LOCAL SEAFOOD DURING COVID-19

Great news: it is now easier than ever to find local seafood in the marketplace! As a result of supply chain disruptions during the Covid-19 crisis, the New England seafood industry has actually increased shopping opportunities for New England consumers looking to get their hands on local fish or shellfish. Many traditional seafood markets and grocery store seafood counters are open for business, and they are making a big effort to offer a variety of local seafood species. Some businesses that previously only sold wholesale to other businesses have adapted their businesses by adding retail sales. Others are offering additional consumer-focused sales channels such as home delivery services or shipping. And one big change has been that local fishermen all over New England are increasingly selling their catch directly to consumers from their boats or docks. As a result of this flurry of innovation, there are many options for consumers to buy local seafood.

We have put together and shared lists compiled by other sources of places you can find local seafood during the COVID-19 crisis. These lists are being updated the owners of the lists and so if your market or business isn’t on the list, contact the list with your information to get added. If you know of other lists that we should include, please share by emailing kate@eatingwiththeecosystem.org.

National or Regional

Maine

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Long Island

Download the FishLine App

FishLine is a free to use app that allows you to find fishermen selling their catch directly from their boat.

Through FishLine, fishermen can easily post what they are catching and share with consumers information such as price, selling hours, optional contact information, and automatically provide consumers with precise directions to the sellers location. While consumers will easily be able to view all the fishermen in their area selling local seafood and will also find additional information such as recipes, stories, information about the fisheries, and guides how to filet different types of fish.

WHERE TO FIND LOCAL SEAFOOD NORMALLY

During regular times, i.e. non global health pandemics, most local markets including supermarkets, have at least some New England seafood species for sale. If the market you shop at doesn’t offer local seafood or much of a diversity of species, ask your market for local species! You asking creates demand which encourages the market to carry more local seafood and they may be able to special order the species you are looking for. If you find a local species you are particularly excited about or think others may be interested in, let us know and we will share so that we can send people to go support that market and their efforts to sell local seafood! You can let us know by emailing us at kate@eatingwiththeecosystem.org or tagging us on social media.