Wholesaler for Oysters and Blue Crab. Seafood Market with fresh seafood and homemade dips/spreads. Restaurant and Raw Bar are now open!
Shores & Ruark Seafood was established in 1976 on the Chesapeake Bay. Our business in 1976 was primarily like most Chesapeake Seafood businesses; we shucked oysters, shed soft shell crabs and hand picked blue crabs. Today we still perform all of these processes to a very high standard and Shores & Ruark Seafood, Inc is also active in renewing and restoring one of the Chesapeake Bay’s prized gift, …the Chesapeake Bay Oyster.It is our mission to provide quality seafood to reputable retailers. At Shores & Ruark Seafood we are also dedicated to “giving back” and providing future generations with a renewable resource. We are excited that you have come to our website. If you do not find the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to call on us for further information on our oysters, soft shell crabs, aquaculture services, oyster restoration.
Our oysters are handpicked from local waters daily. The Rappahannock River has a salinity range of 15 ppt-18ppt. This gives our oysters a lightly salty flavor with a creamy butter taste.
We proudly offer a wide range of oyster products for our wholesale and retail customers. Oysters can be bought by the bushel or shucked.
Blue Crabs are sold to customers in several ways as well: Fresh, dressed, and frozen. Blue crabs are seasonal.
Our market sells a wide variety of items such as fresh fish, shrimp, scallops, clams, and mussels. There is also a wide variety of homemade items such as dips and spreads, crab cakes , and deviled crabs.
Our restaurant/raw bar will be opening in April of 2015! Here you can enjoy lunch and dinner entrees while enjoying the river breeze. Casual family dinning in a unique atmosphere.
