Seattle Seafood Markets
From the Pike Place counters everyone knows to the dock sales most visitors never find, here's where Seattle actually buys its fish.
Fishermen's Terminal dock sales
Fishermen's Terminal in Interbay is the working home port for much of the North Pacific fishing fleet, and two businesses there sell straight off the dock. Loki Fish Company runs dock sales Saturday–Sunday, 10am–4pm, selling wild Alaska and Puget Sound salmon frozen onboard their own gillnetters. Wild Salmon Seafood Market, also at the Terminal, sells Copper River salmon, black cod, Dungeness crab and spot prawns sourced directly from the commercial fleet.
Pike Place Market, Downtown
Pike Place Fish Market
The famous fish-throwing crew (est. 1930); whole king salmon, halibut, king crab, caviar
Overnight UPS Next Day Air nationwide; also sold via Goldbelly and Mercato.
City Fish Co.
Seattle's original seafood company, opened 1918 as the Municipal Fish Market; fisherman-direct "boat to throat"
Retail counter focus — treat as local only.
Pure Food Fish Market
Founded 1911 by Jack Amon, now run by the 4th generation; salmon, halibut, crab, caviar
FedEx overnight via freshseafood.com.
Jack's Fish Spot
Fresh seafood counter plus a seafood bar — fish & chips, chowder, oysters — run by Jack Mathers since 1982
Primarily a counter and seafood bar — treat as local only.
Fishermen's Terminal, Interbay
Wild Salmon Seafood Market
Family-owned 26+ years with direct access to the North Pacific commercial fleet; Copper River salmon, black cod, Dungeness crab, spot prawns
Ships overnight nationwide via its own store; same-day local delivery via Mercato.
Loki Fish Company
Direct boat-to-buyer dock sales, family-run since 1979 (F/V Loki & F/V Njord gillnetters); wild Alaska & Puget Sound salmon frozen onboard
Online ordering ships direct. Dock sales at Fishermen's Terminal, Sat–Sun 10am–4pm.
Capitol Hill
Taylor Shellfish Farms (Melrose Market counter)
"Tidelands-to-table" retail shellfish counter — half-shell oysters, cooked Dungeness crab, live geoduck, manila clams, mussels
Taylor Shellfish ships via its general online store; shipping from this specific counter is unverified.
Central District (23rd & Jackson)
Seattle Fish Guys
Neighborhood fish market and restaurant (opened 2016); renowned poke and sashimi, smoked fish
Local focus — treat as local only.
Chinatown-International District
Uwajimaya (Seattle flagship seafood counter)
Full-service cut-to-order counter inside a major Asian grocery store; poke by the pound, live tanks
In-store only.
Lam's Seafood Market
Live seafood tanks alongside a full Asian grocery and produce market
Local focus — treat as local only.
Ballard
Lummi Island Wild Seafood & More
First brick-and-mortar location (opened June 2025) for reefnet-caught Salish Sea salmon
Lummi Island Wild has a long-standing online delivery/shipping operation.
Georgetown
Seattle Seafood Center
Warehouse-style retail with live Dungeness crab tanks, King/Coho salmon, king crab legs, curbside pickup
Local focus — treat as local only.