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Great fresh fish can be tough to find. Supermarket fishmongers don’t always stock a wide selection, and landlocked folks—who lack the luxury of trekking down to the docks to buy straight from the boat—have even more limited options. Fortunately for home cooks, mail-order seafood delivery has both increased and improved over the past year, as seafood distributors who ordinarily serviced the restaurant industry pivoted to direct-to-consumer sales. Here are some of our favorite online sources for outstanding seafood to make decadent dinners like aromatic grilled swordfish kebabs or creamy seafood bubbly bake.
Best Overall: Fulton Fish Market Best Value: ButcherBox Seafood Box Best Oysters: Island Creek Oysters Best Lobster: Luke’s Lobster Best Salmon: Alaskan Salmon Company Best Crab: The Crab Place Best Ready-to-Cook: Purefish Best Shelf-Stable: Safe Catch Wild Caught Tuna Fish Pouch Features to Keep in Mind Selection
Online seafood selections range from wild-caught whole fish to fillets of farm-raised seafood, and everything in between. Some sites specialize in a certain region, like Alaskan or Maine-sourced seafood, while others offer an ocean’s bounty of crustaceans and freshwater fish.
Subscriptions
Subscribing to an online seafood share is often more sustainable because you can buy from a community supported fishery, securing a share of local catch before it’s even out of the water. Shopping online also typically offers high quality seafood for a more affordable price, and takes
