Our Heritage, Our Guarantee

If you drive to the very tip of the St. George peninsula in midcoast Maine, you will find the small village of Port Clyde. For those who live there year-round, it’s all about fishing.

Port Clyde sits at the confluence of Muscongus and Penobscot bays, and provides key access to myriad fishing grounds.

The village is steeped in the fishing industry, going back some 200 years. When the fish were running, the church bells would ring, calling all the women in the community to the fish factory where they would clean and package the fresh catch.

On a much smaller scale, this heritage continues today with shrimp as well as groundfish such as haddock, flounder, cod, pollock and hake. Roughly a dozen groundfishing vessels make up Port Clyde’s small fleet, the last between Portland, Maine and the Canadian border.

Determined to preserve their heritage, their community and the resources they depend on, the fishermen of Port Clyde have developed the Port Clyde Fresh Catch™ brand to bring you fish and shrimp harvested from the icy waters of the Gulf of Maine using environmentally sustainable fishing methods.

A guarantee of 100% supply-chain traceability starts at harvest, and continues through packaging at our Port Clyde-based, HAACP-certified processing facility. Our Community Supported Fishery (CSF) customers, restaurateurs, and other seafood retailers receive the freshest fish and shrimp available. They know every step of the route it takes from the moment it leaves Maine’s clear waters until it reaches your plate.

Port Clyde Fresh Catch is a return to the traditions of America's past — fresh, wild-caught seafood that our customers can trace to the source.

In the village of Port Clyde, the church bell has started ringing again, calling workers to our new processing facility.

We invite you to try our seafood. You'll savor the quality and freshness, knowing that you are also helping protect healthy fisheries and the communities that depend on them.