The Hog Island Approach to Sourcing Sustainable Seafood

At Hog Island Oyster Company, we serve seafood to hundreds of thousands of guests each year, and we certainly want each of those dining experiences to be delicious and memorable. However, those meals must also reflect our commitment to protecting the ocean ecosystems on which we rely. In the case of our shellfish, we have direct stewardship over the entire supply chain—from hatchery to farm to table. But we also prepare and sell a wide range of other seafoods, and we have had to develop our own standards for how we source them. Rather than absolutes, we believe there are important questions we should always be asking, and conversations we should always be having about the seafoods we buy and support. What follows are some guiding values that are important to us. We hope they will help guide you as well, so you can source seafoods for the recipes in this book that are both delicious and sustainable.