About SizzleFish: Sizzlefish might have a slightly smaller inventory than Fulton, but not by much. This online seafood vendor still stocks all the hits including wild salmon, sea bass, halibut, trout rockfish and tuna. Everything I tried in a heaping delivery tasted as fresh as any flash-frozen fish I’ve had. There’s also a small selection of meats including filet mignons, ribeyes and ground beef.

One thing to note about SizzleFish is the relatively high prices, especially if you buy in smaller amounts. I couldn’t find a single portion of salmon for less than $14, for instance. It gets slightly less expensive if you order in bulk, like this 14-pack of farm-raised salmon filets for $110. Buying in bulk or signing up for a subscription is definitely the best way to shop on SizzleFish and avoid busting the budget.

About Rastelli’s: Rastelli’s began as a small butcher shop in 1976 serving its small New Jersey community. The family-owned butcher made a name selling some of the best meat possible, but more recently Rastelli’s entered the seafood game, and its catch is as fresh as any on the list. You can score fish-fan favorites like wild tuna, Faroe Island salmon, shrimp, lobster and Icelandic cod. It may not have as big a selection as some others we reviewed but the beauty of Rastelli’s — beyond supporting a small business and not having to leave the house — is ordering your seafood, beef, chicken and pork all in one place. 

How it works: Seafood from Rastelli’s can be ordered in semibulk (eight filets of cod, for instance). You can shop a la carte for fish, shrimp and meats and prices are reasonable, including a pack of two wild-caught swordfish filets for $14. Shipping is free when you spend $200, so you can get the month’s meat and fish supply in a single order and pay nothing for delivery. Use code CNET20 and get $20 off your first order.

About LobsterAnywhere: As the name implies, this company specializes in the tasty crustaceans and ships them live and direct from the cold waters of Maine, the lobster capital of the US. They sell only hard-shelled lobsters, including live Maine lobster which are more expensive than soft-shell but are also considered to be the best — so you might be able to find cheaper lobsters in your supermarket, but LobsterAnywhere promises the absolute best in quality. Because of market fluctuation LobsterAnywhere’s prices also fluctuate but are generally competitive.

How it works: There are other offerings available like shrimp and scallop, but Maine lobster is definitely the main draw here. You can order a whole live lobster (or lobsters) as well as lobster tails (frozen and in the shell) or lobster meat (shelled) by the pound. This is not a subscription, so you order exactly what you want and it ships in roughly two days.

About Riviera Seafood Club: If you’re looking for a really special piece of tuna belly, hamachi or yellowtail to sear quickly on the grill or serve sashimi-style, I would direct your attention to this family owned online seafood purveyor based out of Los Angeles. The Ito family procures some of the best high-end sushi-grade fish, along with some more common catches like wild salmon, black cod, prawns and unagi. I had a filet of fresh bluefin tuna delivered and it was an immaculately fresh piece of fish with gorgeous marbling and rich flavor.

How it works: Riviera Seafood Club ships fresh or flash-frozen fish to all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and most of it is sashimi-grade, meaning you can slice and eat — no cooking necessary. It’s also very reasonably priced considering the quality with a six-ounce hamachi yellowtail collar starting at $14. To avoid shipping charges, you’ll have to get your cart over a certain dollar amount between $125 and $375 depending on where you live.

About Wild Alaskan Company: As you might have gathered from the name, this company specializes in fresh wild-caught seafood including wild salmon. It is generally thought to be both healthier and more sustainable than farmed fish, and company founder and Alaska native Arron Kallenberg has set his sights on helping American consumers gain access to good, fresh fish. All the fish is caught either in Alaska or the Pacific Northwest with a commitment to sustainability and transparency. As of August 2020, the company added wild-caught Alaskan Dungeness crab as a member special.

How it works: The company bills itself as a share more than a traditional retailer or marketplace and offers a monthly subscription. You can choose from salmon-only boxes, whitefish boxes or a combo, and the monthly shipments of fish (frozen at “peak freshness”) start at $145 per month for 12 six-ounce portions. You can skip months or pause your membership anytime at no extra charge.

About Sea to Table: Americans really eat just a small handful of types of fish at home, according to Sea to Table’s Sean Dimin, and one of his aims is to introduce folks to great catches like Atlantic skate, redfish or Dover sole. Sea to Table’s fish all comes from US wild domestic fisheries and is caught, landed and processed in the US. To prove it, each pack of fish has a traceability label so you know exactly what you’re getting and where it came from, down to the actual fishing vessel that landed it. 

How it works: You can choose from boxes like The New Englander, The Kosher Box and The Discovery Box, which features six full servings of fish from sustainable fisheries, including Maine redfish, scallops and skate, starting at just $38 (plus shipping). Choose either a one-time order or a (slightly cheaper) subscription to be delivered every two, four or eight weeks. Everything ships FedEx ground, fresh-frozen and packed with dry ice in recycled denim packaging.

About Vital Choice: “Vital Choice” may sound more like a vitamin brand than a seafood market, but that could be by design. The online market sells shoals of fresh seafood, shellfish, canned seafood and more eats from under the sea, but also has a massive section dedicated to seafood-derived health products and supplements like omega-3s, fish oils and immune boosters. I would say definitely check out the supplements, but the real star of the show remains the sprawling selection of wild sockeye salmon, halibut, sea bass, crab, shrimp, scallops and much more. 

Vital Choice puts an emphasis on wild and sustainable seafood where possible, claiming that it limits most of its offerings to fish and shellfish from fisheries that are either certified sustainable or considered sustainable by experts.

How it works: Vital Choice operates like most other online retailers allowing you to build a cart and place a one-time order of any of its seafood products. You can order a single portion of some fish varieties, but many have a six-portion minimum. Any order over $99 ships for free. 

There’s also a monthly subscription option called Vital Box with three distinct categories. One options is the Wild Salmon Box that features 10-14 servings of salmon for $129 per month. 

Vital Box’s website could probably use an update and some sections aren’t the most intuitive, but there are lots of great options for sustainable seafood and other seafood products, so it’s worth a few broken links and extra clicks to get where you’re going. 

If you want a variety of seafood to throw on the barbie, I would direct you to the PureFish Grill Box. This package includes 16 servings of grill-friendly seafood including ahi tuna, snapper, wild-caught shrimp, salmon hot dogs and cobia burgers. Each is conveniently packed on an aluminum tray so you can season and bring it right out to the grill without dirtying up more dishes. You can even put the trays directly on the grill if you’re trying to avoid a messy grill situation later but most of the fish in this box is firm enough to go right on the grill grates. All the seafood arrives fresh but since it’s vacuum-sealed you can pop it into the freezer for when you’re ready to roll.

About KnowSeafood: This direct-to-consumer seafood shop puts transparency and seafood tracing front and center. Every step in the online fish purveyors blockchain is traced and you can see it all when you scan the barcode that adorns each piece of seafood. Scan the code and you’ll see when and where your scallops were caught, processed and transported, plus information on how best to defrost and store them. All the seafood is flash-frozen for peak freshness and everything I got in my delivery was just that — fresh. KnowSeafood uses only heavily vetted fisheries around the world.

How it works: You can either create your own custom box of seafood from KnowSeafood’s selection of fish, shellfish and prepared foods including salmon and tuna burgers or choose one of the online market’s curated seafood boxes and enjoy a variety of healthy fish.