Mission
Local Ocean Seafoods, commits to the following mission:
 
  • To showcase the finest, premium quality seafood from our Pacific Ocean resources.
  • To relate and be fully accountable for the harvest story for each fish bought and sold.
  • To support fishing families and sustain fishing communities through providing the Local Ocean Seafoods brand.
  • To be considered a cultural landmark for Newport's working waterfront and an asset to our coastal community.

Guiding principles

  1. Provide customers with immediate recognition, premium quality, total product accountability, excellent service and competitive prices.
  2. Support fishing families by consistently offering a price premium to high-quality harvesters.
  3. Provide meaningful work opportunities, fair compensation, and a safe, healthy work environment that encourages creativity, self-discipline, and personal and professional growth.
  4. Support our local community through purchasing from other small businesses and local vendors.
  5. Source packaging and other products that have the least footprint on the environment.
  6. Reinvest 5% of our profits with community and non-profit organizations that support sustainable fisheries and fishing communities.

Laura Anderson
Laura Anderson is a third generation commercial fisherman. Working summers on her father's fishing boat (salmon trolling and Dungeness crabbing) gives her an authentic understanding of product quality and sourcing.

Laura completed a Master's program in Marine Resource Management at Oregon State University in June 2000. She has since been an independent Marine Resource Management Consultant to organizations such as Oregon SeaGrant, Environmental Defense, Ecotrust, MidCoast Watersheds Council, and the Oregon Salmon Commission. She has worked on sustainability projects for a number of her clients and is considered at the forefront of the sustainability movement in Oregon.

   

Al Pazar
Al Pazar has grown up with fishing boats. When he was eight years old he helped his father build their first one. At sixteen he purchased his own. He currently owns and operates Krab Kettle Fisheries, Inc. which includes two fishing vessels, the Delma Ann and the Tempest, and a seafood market in Florence. Al brings thirteen years of experience in seafood marketing to Local Ocean Seafoods. In addition, much of our product is caught by the owner's fishing vessels.

Al has an excellent reputation among Oregon's fishing fleet, and many fishermen are looking to him to lead the effort in developing new markets.

 

Charlie Branford

Charlie is a seafood specialist that emphasizes on total fish utilization and proper preparation (ie leans toward the rare). Daily walks on the docks when Charlie can purchase fresh salmon, rockfish, crab, halibut and other species is one of the highlights of his day. “I love it- to be able to go right down to the boats and pick out fish that was swimming that day… its about as fresh as you get.” All fish is utilized to the fullest under Charlie's command in the kitchen, one of his favorite sayings being “The fish had to die to get on the plate and we want to use as much of it as possible.” All fresh fish is prepared medium rare at Local Ocean Seafoods with Charlie's emphasis on not over cooking truly allowing the guest to appreciate the product.