OREGON COAST SEAFOOD MARKETS Oregonians are proud of their fishing families — and rightly so. From Astoria to Brookings, seafood is freshly caught off the coast of Oregon and is available year-round in friendly fish markets and farmers market stalls. Don’t be afraid to ask the fishmonger for recommendations and what’s in season. Several ports with active commercial fishing fleets — including Port Orford, Newport, Garibaldi and Warrenton — even sell certain kinds of fish right off the dock when they’re in season. NORTH COAST Right on the Columbia River on Pier 39, OleBob’s Seafood Market in Astoria is your place for fresh Dungeness in-season. Sustainably caught seafood can be purchased fresh, canned and smoked — as well as made into a gift basket — at Bell Buoy in Seaside. Fishstix Seafood Market stocks fresh and smoked fish at a friendly storefront in Warrenton. For oysters and clams, try The Fish Peddler in Bay City and JAndy Oyster Co. in Tillamook. After a tour of the docks in Garibaldi, visit The Spot, a market festooned in colorful maritime gear, or Captain’s Corner Seafood Market just down the road for the catch of the day. Pacific City’s new West Fish Co. gets lingcod and other fresh seafood from local dory boats. ALLISON RICHARDS CENTRAL COAST Follow your nose to the smoked salmon at Barnacle Bill’s Seafood Market, an iconic spot in Lincoln City. Fisherman-owned Luna Sea Fish House in Yachats and Seal Rock both offer steamed crab in-season and wild fish from their deli cases, as do Novelli’s Crab & Seafood and Krab Kettle in Florence. Stop for fish and chips as well as seafood to take home at South Beach Fish Market, just south of Newport. You’ll know where your seafood comes from at Local Ocean in Newport, where filets in the case are labeled with the name of the vessel that caught them. Freshly caught filets are for sale at the Oregon Fishmonger, a truck that roves between Waldport and Depoe Bay. SOUTHERN COAST If it’s rockfish or lingcod for homemade fish tacos you’re after, stop in at Farm & Sea fish market in Bandon. For local clams or alder-smoked fish, Chuck’s Seafood in Charleston can’t be beat. Fishermen’s Seafood Market hawks fresh and dine-in seafood under the boardwalk in Coos Bay. Salmon from Fishermen Direct Seafood in Gold Beach is caught by local fishers; check out the freezer case for interesting bycatch options like giant octopus or wolf eel. For home delivery or pickup at locations from Ashland to Portland, Port Orford Sustainable Seafood provides boxes of fresh-frozen fish from its own boats. In Brookings- Harbor, Pacific Ocean Harvesters is your one-stop shop for fresh and smoked seafood. Fishermen’s Seafood Market 23 VISITTHEOREGONCOAST.COM
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