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Get PNW Seafood Shipped to You

What to check before you order wild Pacific Northwest seafood online, and where to buy it, affiliate and not.

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Wild vs. farmed

"Wild-caught" and "farmed" are not interchangeable, and some sellers stock both side by side. If wild Pacific salmon is the point, check each product listing individually. A shipper can be a legitimate source for wild sockeye and still sell farmed salmon from elsewhere on the same site.

Flash-frozen quality

Reputable shippers flash-freeze at the dock and ship with dry ice in insulated boxes. Frozen seafood keeps for months, but quality drops the longer it sits, so look for a stated shelf life and plan to eat it well within that window.

Copper River timing

Copper River salmon (Alaska) isn't a Washington season, but it drives Seattle seafood-counter pricing every spring. The 2026 commercial drift-gillnet fishery opened at 7am on Friday, May 22, for a 12-hour period, and the standard schedule runs two fishing periods a week from there, with management shifting to coho from early to mid-August. The fish migrate 300+ miles upriver, which builds unusually high fat content. Prices are highest at the season's start and drop substantially as it progresses.

Affiliate picks

We earn a commission if you buy through these links. Prices below are approximate, as of mid-2026, and change with the market, so check each site for current pricing.

Fulton Fish Market

Wild Alaska sockeye portions, Copper River king/sockeye/coho (seasonal), and wild black cod (sablefish), plus mixed boxes. Also carries farmed New Zealand Ora King salmon, which is farmed, so check the label before you order.

Ships fresh-frozen with dry ice, Tue/Wed/Thu, arriving within 2 days, to 48 states + DC. Free shipping on qualifying frozen orders ($150+ on some product pages). Mid-2026 pricing: sockeye portion (5–7oz) $15.99 (~$38–51/lb); Copper River king portion (7–9oz) $30.99 (~$55–71/lb); black cod portion (5–7oz) $19.99 (~$46–64/lb).

Sizzlefish

Wild Alaska sockeye, king and coho, Copper River sockeye (seasonal), Southeast Alaska halibut, and sablefish. The catalog has broadened well beyond the Pacific, including farmed Faroe Islands Atlantic salmon and even beef, so check each label if wild Pacific is the point.

Ships frozen via FedEx/UPS in a dry-ice cooler; free shipping over $100; West Coast orders auto-upgrade to 2–3 day service. As of Aug 2026: sockeye (4oz) from $15.95, wild king from $21.95, halibut (4oz) from $22.95, sablefish from $18.95. Service reviews are mixed in 2026 (BBB rates them F for unanswered complaints); their policy replaces thawed arrivals free within 7 days.

Wild Alaskan Company

Membership boxes of wild-caught Alaskan seafood ("100% wild-caught, never farmed"). Three box options: salmon (sockeye + coho), whitefish (cod, halibut, pollock, sablefish) or a combo, as 12 or 24 vacuum-sealed portions of 5–7 oz. Unlike the à-la-carte shippers above, this is a subscription: you pick a box and delivery frequency rather than individual cuts.

Ships free per their site (as of Aug 2026), frozen with dry ice, to all 50 states. Box prices aren't shown publicly; they appear inside the signup flow, before you're charged. The company told us (Sept 2026) a first box typically runs about $170, in a $150–$200 range. Contents rotate with availability.

Non-affiliate options

We don't earn anything from these. They are Seattle fishmongers and fisherman-direct Alaska operations with their own nationwide shipping.

Pike Place Fish Market

The famous fish-throwing counter: whole king salmon, halibut, king crab, caviar.

Overnight UPS Next Day Air nationwide; also sold via Goldbelly.

Wild Salmon Seafood Market

Fishermen's Terminal market with direct access to the North Pacific commercial fleet.

Ships overnight nationwide via its own online store.

Pure Food Fish Market

Fourth-generation Pike Place fishmonger, family-run since 1911.

FedEx overnight nationwide via freshseafood.com.

Loki Fish Company

Family-run gillnetters (F/V Loki & F/V Njord) selling salmon frozen onboard.

Fisherman-direct online ordering ships nationwide.

Sena Sea

Wild-only Alaska fish from a Cordova fishing family: Copper River king, sockeye and coho, halibut, sablefish, rockfish, lingcod and Pacific cod.

Ships overnight nationwide in insulated boxes with dry ice; free overnight shipping over $175. Processes at its own Cordova, AK facility.

Alaska Gold Seafood

The retail brand of Seafood Producers Cooperative, a fishermen-owned co-op in Sitka: hook-and-line king and coho salmon, halibut, sablefish, rockfish, lingcod.

Ships frozen, vacuum-sealed portions nationwide.