Local Seafood Promotion
"There's plenty of fish in the sea, it's just not the fish you're used to eating".
Many fishermen's businesses are being crippled by COVID-19 because of sudden lack of consumer demand: the vast majority of seafood is consumed in restuarants, which are closed.
You can help support local fishermen - buy from local fish markets or directly from fishermen when available.
Cape Cod/Southeastern Mass. Businesses Offering Online Orders with Delivery or Pick Up (list will be updated regularly, alphabetical order)
Holbrook Oyster (Wellfleet)- 508-237-6929
Clam Chowder Kits (Dennis Pick Up) - 508-451-3124
You can also help the national fishing community by buying any seafood when you go to the grocery store or fish market!
COOKING LOCAL SEAFOOD AT HOME
Visit our RECIPE page for great videos featuring local fishermne and their catch, with a watch and learn cooking demonstration.
PIER TO PLATE
In 2017 the Fishermen's Alliance launched Pier to Plate, a program that aimed to create consumer demand for skate and dogfish on Cape Cod. Local small-boat fishermen sustainably catch “under-loved” dogfish and skate in abundance right off our shores, but 99 percent of this plentiful, white fish is shipped overseas to restaurants in Europe and Asia.
From May through October of 2017, Pier to Plate drove awareness and generated demand for locally caught dogfish and skate. The program provided 4,010 pounds of dogfish and 5,600 pounds of skate to over 40 participating food establishments, local events and samples for institutional sales. The program was significant enough to be featured in 68 media outlets – 11 national, 29 regional and 28 local.
Although the Pier to Plate program for dogfish and skate has ended, we have remained committed to working with fishermen members to create opportunities for direct sales at farmers markets and with local businesses to help them access local seafood of any kind. We’ve also worked with companies like Whole Foods to ensure that high quality, sustainable, locally caught species are available to consumers.
CAPE COD SEAFOOD DIRECTORY
Check out the directory below for great restaurant choices and always be sure to ask if the fish on the menu was caught locally. If you’d like to see your favorite restaurant added to our directory, let us know!
✔ Local ✔ Sustainable ✔ Delicious
Skate Served at Vers, Orleans
Dogfish Served at Far Land on the Beach, PTown
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