Frequently Asked
Questions

No, we ship select items such as the Black Cod Box and apparel direct to your door.

Visit the Oregon stores listed above under “Where Can I Buy Port Orford Sustainable Seafood?” and try us out. If you select their links you can check out their other offerings.

Though, if you want access to the full array of the seafood caught in Port Orford… then yes!

Yes. We ask that you spend your balance by the December delivery to your area. Members then need to renew their membership for the following year.

Members should spend their share credits by, or before their scheduled December delivery. Unused share credits are rolled over into the following years balance when you renew. If you don’t renew, we will donate your balance to our local Common Good Food Pantry.

When you join you select the size of your share, this money becomes your balance within your own private member account. You use your balance to purchase items from within our online store, ‘The Dock’.

Many fisheries are seasonal, but Port Orford boats are fishing year round and bring to shore a huge array of species with different fish yielding special cuts. Here’s a primer on the toothsome flavors members get to select from:

• Albacore Tuna Loins, Albacore Tuna Belly, Shelf Stable Tuna Pouches
• Cabezon
• Chinook Salmon Filet, Salmon Trim, Smoked Salmon Collars
• Dungeness Crab – Whole and Meat
• Halibut, Halibut Cheeks, Halibut Trim
• Lingcod and Lingcod Cheeks
• Giant Pacific Octopus
• Rockfish
• Sablefish and Smoked Sable
• Skate

Our friends and family fish year round for a variety of species using hook-and-line which limits negative impacts to the ecosystem.

They handle each fish individually, promptly ice them, and then land them in Port Orford.

Once on land, we fillet, vacuum-seal, and blast freeze in order to preserve that catch day freshness!

Each package is labeled with the captain and name of the fishing vessel who caught it, providing you with 100% traceability.

We provide personal attention to all of our CSF members – you’re what keeps Port Orford fishing!

We deliver your seafood to Community Partner locations around the state using our freezer van ensuring your seafood never leaves our control. We ARE the supply chain!

This rapid freezing process reduces the size of ice crystals and causes less damage to cell membranes. By vacuum-sealing and flash freezing, the freshness of each fish is locked in ensuring a higher quality product, and gives you the consumer more flexibility in deciding when to enjoy the seafood. According to the FDA, in order for fish to be ‘sushi’ or ‘sashimi-grade’ it must be frozen at an ambient temperature of -31 degrees Fahrenheit or below until solid and stored at an ambient temperature of -4 degrees Fahrenheit or below for a minimum of 24 hours. Thus, all of our fish is sashimi grade.

Learn more about how Blast Freezing locks in catch day freshness!

Our claim to sustainability is based off what it means to fish out of Port Orford – preserving small-boat, family-operated fishing.

There are two large yellow cranes, known locally as ‘The Hook’, which lift every boat in and out of the water every time they go fishing. The larger of the two has a lift capacity of 25-tons which immediately is a limiting factor. This crane limits the amount of onboard weight each boat can carry making it impossible to tow nets and fish out of Port Orford. It also keeps the size of our boats relatively small leading to shorter fishing trips ultimately shortening the time period between when each fish is caught and when it is filleted, vacuum sealed, and blast frozen. It’s that time out of water that makes all the difference. Because of these things, you can feel good about buying seafood from any fishing vessel in Port Orford.

During processing, we portion each fillet into approximate 1lb portions, and generally accept a weight variance of .85lbs to 1.15lbs.

Become a Member and gain access to our online store. We deliver to 21 Community Partners throughout Oregon. Every other month our members can pick up their shares from a local Community Partner.

Tuna Pouches and Seafood

• Medford Co-op
• Sunshine Natural Foods
• Whistling Duck Farm Stand
• Coos Head Co-op
• Our Table Co-Op

Tuna Pouches

• World Foods
• Creswell Bakery

We work with a multitude of awesome Community Partners around the state! Click here to see where you can find our seafood in each of these communities.

By logging into your member account using either the link provided within our weekly email, or clicking the ‘ LOGIN’ link at the top of this page.

You can place multiple orders at a time. These orders will be combined during our pack and delivered together.

After you’ve completed checkout, you can view the items and quantities you selected. Simply go to “orders & payments” and then select “orders”.

During our “pack” we review and fill members orders. It is at this time the actual weights of each item are recorded. After your order is packed you receive a second emailed invoice reflecting the adjusted weights and corresponding price. It is this price that is deducted from your balance.

Yes! Login to your member account and click “Top Up” at the top right of the screen through the drop down menu. Your current credits will appear along with a drop down menu with values from $50-500. Select your desired amount and select “top up balance”. You’ve got it from there.

Prices vary year to year, season to season, and species to species. On average you can expect a range of prices from around $7 for a shelf stable pouch of Albacore Tuna on up to around $35/lb for Chinook Salmon.

You can select to either mail us a check or pay via credit card. You will be asked to select your payment method during the registration process. Please allow up to 5 business days for your check to be processed and the credit added to your account.