Species Name:Pandalus jordani Sustainability Rating:Yellow – Good Alternative (Eco-Certified and MSC Certified) What:Also called Pink Shrimp or Salad Shrimp and commonly known as Ocean Shrimp. When:Available frozen year-round; fresh season runs April – October Where/How:Where – Oregon, USA How – Wild Caught; Trawl Back to Product Guide Characteristics These 250/350 shrimp are small but what they lack for in size, …
Oysters, Totten Virginica
Species Name:Crassostrea virginica Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:East Coast (Crassostrea virginica) Oysters grown in Pacific waters! When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Totten Inlet (South Puget Sound, WA) How – Farm-raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics These unique 3″-size oysters have an attractive pear shape with a somewhat flat top shell and slightly concave bottom shell. The edge is smoother than …
Oysters, Sunset Beach
Species Name:Crassostrea gigas Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm Raised Pacific Oysters When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Puget Sound, WA How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics A shuckers favorite, these oysters are beach raised in Lower Hood Canal. Like all beach grown oysters, these oysters have hearty, thick shells and plump, robust meats. Sunset Beach oysters are …
Salmon (Wild), King
Species Name:Oncorhynchus tschawytscha Sustainability Rating:Multiple Ratings What:Also known as chinook, king salmon are the largest of the 5 commercially harvested species from the N. Pacific and can reach weights up to 125 lbs. (they are also the least abundant, and in general, the most expensive). Although Copper River kings tend to get the most press, we source king salmon from …
Oysters, Skookum
Species Name:Crassostrea gigas Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm raised Pacific oysters When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Puget Sound How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics Grown in the shallow waters of Little Skookum basin (Puget Sound, WA) these oysters are more sweet than briny, with soft, delicate meats that they owe to their gently brackish upbringing. For Your …
Sardines
Species Name:Sardinops sagax caerulea Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Wild Caught Sardines According to NOAA, “The West Coast Pacific sardine fishery was first developed during World War I to fill an increased demand for nutritious food that could be canned and easily carried onto battlefields. The fishery rapidly expanded, and by the 1940s Pacific sardine supported the largest fishery in …
Oysters, Paradise
Species Name:Crassostrea gigas Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm Raised Pacific oysters from Canada When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Near Baynes Sound, BC, Canada How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics A great Pacific oyster for summertime, these oysters are farmed in the cold, pristine waters of Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada. Deep water grown means these oysters have plump, …