Fearless Fish Market offers squid from Point Judith , along with East Beach Blonde oysters , blue mussels , littlenecks from Narragansett Bay , Dutch Island oysters , scup and fluke from Point Judith .
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WHERE < BUY Squid
ANDRADE ’ S CATCH Andrade ’ s Catch is a cash-only shop that sells all types of local varieties of seafood and shellfish , including Point Judithlanded cleaned and frozen squid . It comes in separate containers , including tubes , tubes and tentacles and calamari rings . 186 Wood St ., Bristol , 253-4529 , andradescatchri . com / shop
DAVE ’ S FRESH MARKETPLACE Seafood buyers at Dave ’ s go out to Point Judith , New Bedford and Boston every few days and bid on seafood right on the docks . This locally owned market chain sells fresh calamari as well as frozen from Town Dock . 10 locations in Rhode Island , davesmarketplace . com
FEARLESS FISH Order fresh , local seafood online for curbside pickup , as part of the Fearless Fish fish share program , or stop by during open hours . The West Side market announces what it has in stock on its website and social media each day , including locally harvested and cleaned frozen squid from Sea Fresh and sometimes fresh , “ dirty ” squid . 425 West Fountain St ., Providence , 415-8905 , fearlessfishmarket . com
THE LOCAL CATCH The Local Catch delivers local seafood , including fish , shellfish and local , cleaned squid ( choose tubes , tubes and tentacles , or tentacles only ), to homes three days a week throughout Rhode Island and Connecticut . You can also browse and buy or pre-order at various farmers markets throughout the state . thelocalcatch . com
CHAMPLIN ’ S Champlin ’ s fish market offers frozen and cleaned calamari rings processed by its neighbor Town Dock in Point Judith , as well as daily seafood and Narragansett Bay and Salt Pond wild-caught shellfish and lobsters . 256 Great Island Rd ., Narragansett , 783-3152 , champlins . com
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LOCAL SQUID SUPPLIER :
Seafreeze
Seafreeze was founded in 1984 and it all started with harvesting butterfish . But once calamari came into popularity , it expanded into fishing for squid . “ Twenty-five years ago , you wouldn ’ t have seen squid on the menu of restaurants ,” says the former co-owner of Seafreeze Glenn Goodwin . “ Two big local fish houses , Sea Fresh and Town Dock , were instrumental in getting it into the industry . When that happened , they realized they needed most of the infrastructure for squid fishing built into Point Judith rather than overseas .” Seafreeze ’ s high-capacity freezer trawlers , F / V Relentless and F / V Persistence , now sustainably fish and freeze about 110 metric tons of wild seafood per day , harvesting fish and squid from the Western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico , including Illex and Loligo squid , and Atlantic butterfish , mackerel and herring . “ Wastewater was such an issue that the process for cleaning moved to North Kingstown or Johnston because the Narragansett water treatment plant couldn ’ t handle that water then and still can ’ t now ,” Goodwin says . That ’ s the reason some of the squid that ’ s caught on the East Coast is sent to China to be cleaned , then shipped back . “ It ’ s because of water waste issues ,” he says . seafreezeltd . com – J . C .
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