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Local
At ProFish.
We sit at the center of the mid-Atlantic — an hour from the Chesapeake, two hours from the ocean, minutes from the watershed partners who keep it working. Buying local isn't a slogan here. It's the default.
Why Local
Shorter chain.
Closer accountability.
When a fish comes from eighty miles away instead of eight thousand, the cold chain gets shorter, the emissions drop, and the person who caught it can pick up the phone.
Buying locally also keeps the regional economy — the boats, the pickers, the processors, the truck drivers — intact. It’s what lets the next generation of watermen still make a living on the water we depend on.
We run six programs below with local producers and agencies. They aren’t marketing — they’re how the warehouse actually operates. Participate in any that match your business.
Local Programs · Six Partnerships
How local gets done.
Each program below has a specific job — education, anti-fraud, invasive-species pressure, community meals, restoration. Six different levers to pull on the watershed we all share.
Education
Chef Trips to the Source
Hundreds of chefs have come with us up the Bay to see where their seafood starts. Oyster farms, crab-picking houses, working waterfronts — a day on the ground, run jointly with Maryland Seafood.
With Maryland Seafood
Watch the trip video
Anti-Fraud
True Blue Maryland Crabs
Maryland DNR's True Blue label exists because the blue crab market is full of substitutes. We carry the certification so buyers know the meat on the invoice is the meat in the box — Maryland, not a swap.
Maryland DNR program
Sign up with Maryland DNR
Invasive Species
Blue Catfish & Snakehead
Non-native species crowd out rockfish, striper, and the native fish that built the Chesapeake's identity. We actively promote blue catfish and snakehead on menus — the fastest way to pull them out of the water is to put them on a plate.
Watch the invasive-species video
Community
Miriam's Kitchen Partnership
Every month we donate fresh fish to Miriam's Kitchen so that people experiencing homelessness in DC eat a real restaurant-style meal — not surplus, not leftovers. Same product, same care, different address.
Ongoing monthly donation
About Miriam's Kitchen
Non-profit
Charity Off The Hook
The nonprofit we founded. A different local cause is named every month, and proceeds from our blue catfish program — plus dedicated fundraisers — go directly to it. Commerce that funds the community it operates in.
ProFish-founded 501(c)(3)
This month's cause
Restoration
Oyster Recovery Partnership
Every shucked shell is a future reef. We collect and donate shells to the Oyster Recovery Partnership, which plants them as substrate for new oyster beds — the Bay's living water filter. Ask us how to bring your own shells.
With ORP
I want to help
Who We Work With
Watershed partners.
The local-first programs above only work because the agencies, non-profits, and research bodies below do the work we can’t.
