Order Seafood Online for the Freshest Seafood

Why order seafood online when you can buy it in your local market?  Fresh seafood tends to be a rare treat, especially for those who live far from the ocean. Because it is so sensitive to temperature changes and spoils so easily, most markets and groceries sell frozen or previously frozen seafood from their display cases. The seafood labeled “fresh” in your grocer’s case is an even iffier bet if you’re located inland – it may not have seen the ocean for days.

In fact, if you’re a seafood lover, you’ve probably heard that frozen fish is at least as good – if not better – than fresh fish. The reason for that is the length of time it often takes for a load of fish and shellfish to make it from the dockside to your grocer’s case. By the time it’s been loaded from the dock to a truck, to a railway can and onto another truck, that halibut sitting in your grocer’s case is feeling about as fresh as you would after taking a four-day trip packed in a refrigerated truck. Needless to say, fish frozen right after it’s pulled off the dock compares pretty favorably to four-day-old fish in your grocer’s case.

When you buy halibut online, on the other hand, your halibut doesn’t get tossed into a box with a bunch of other fish to make a four-day cross-country trip. Instead, a fish monger carefully selects it and fillets it, then vacuum-packs it to ensure that all the flavor and freshness is preserved. From there, the halibut fillets are packed into an insulated foam cooler with frozen gel packs to keep them cool, then shipped directly to your door via next day shipping. In short, when you have fresh seafood shipped from an online fish market, the halibut, salmon, lobster tails or other fish that shows up at your door will be fresh, sweet and flavorful.

How Do I Know Where to Buy Halibut and Shellfish?

The single most important factor in the freshness of the seafood you receive is the market where you place your order. When you have fresh seafood shipped from an online market, look for a fish market that has a physical location – preferably on the wharf, where they’re guaranteed the freshest fish from the catch of the day. When you order seafood from a real fish market with a great reputation in its local market, you can be assured that the seafood shipped to you will be the freshest available anywhere.