Buy Local: Fresh Fish on O'ahu

88 Fresh Fish Market

88 Fresh Fish is located in Chinatown's O'ahu Market. It has fresh fish daily, and will clean and fillet your fish for you at no charge. Open Monday – Sunday, 8 AM - 2 PM.
145 N King St., #23, Honolulu. (808) 524-6988

Blue Seafood Company

Blue Seafood Company, in Maunakea Marketplace, sells all kinds of fresh and local fish. Plus, they have food court stall, where they will prepare your fish for you to eat; they'll "Chef it up," as they put it. The food court stall also offers a menu of seafood plates, poke, etc. The store is open 7 days/week, 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM. The food court stall, 10 AM – 3:30 PM.
1120 Maunakea St, Ste 168, Honolulu. (808) 562-8111

Kualoa Ranch

Kualoa Ranch includes a brick-and-mortar farmers market in the Ranch House building, offering "a curated selection of fresh produce, pantry staples, and locally made goods," including Kualoa-grown oysters and shrimp. The market is open seven days a week—but oysters and shrimp are not always available. Check before you go.
49-560 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe. (808) 748-3238 kualoa.com/farmers-market

Local I'a

Local I'a offers fish that are "island-local, the highest quality, environmentally and ecologically responsible, and fair-trade." Its name stems from the "highly-productive loko i'a, or fish ponds," built by Native Hawaiians. The company's mission is to feed the community while also keeping "ocean culture alive by supporting lawai'a, or fishermen, who continue to bring in line or spear-caught fish from our nearshore waters." Local I'a takes care to sell only truly local fish, as in fish "caught within Hawaiian waters by local fishermen." You can buy Local I'a fish through its Kaimuki retail outlet (Friday, 10 AM – 6 PM, Saturday, 10 AM – 3 PM); the Mililani Farmers Market (Sunday, 8 – 11 AM); and through its "community supported fishery" (CSF) program. In the CSF program, you buy fish "shares" ahead of time and get first choice from the week's catch. Shares are available for pickup weekly at six locations across the island.
3458 Wai'alae Ave., Kaimuki. (808) 492-8331 localiahawaii.com/

Nico's Pier 38

Nico's is a restaurant and fish market located on the pier adjacent to the fish auction. Given this proximity, it claims to serve "the freshest fish on the island." Its online menu lists eight different local fish available as fresh fillets, with guidance to call (808) 983-1263 to "see what we have for the day." Open Monday – Saturday, 6:30 AM – 9 PM; Sunday 10 AM – 9 PM.
1129 N. Nimitz Hwy., Honolulu nicospier38.com/fish-market/

Pier 38 Fish Market

Pier 38 Fish Market calls itself "Hawaii's first and only Marine Stewardship Council certified fish market…. committed to the long-term health and sustainability of our local fisheries." It sells a variety of fish and shellfish; not all local. The website says, "…many products are sourced directly from our local Hawaii-based longline fishing vessels." Up to the pandemic, the business was wholesale only. It is literally located at Pier 38, next door to Nami Kaze restaurant. Open Tuesday – Saturday, 9 AM – 5 PM.
1135 N. Nimitz Highway, Honolulu pier38fishmarket.com/ (808) 784-4988

Farm Link

Along with other local foods, meat, and produce, you can order and buy local fish through Farm Link. The fish are primarily sourced from Local I'a, Blue Ocean Mariculture, and Kualoa Grown.

Fresh Seas Market

Fresh Seas Market is the home-delivery branch of Norpac, a company that's been supplying fish to restaurants and retailers in Hawaii since 1986. Norpac claims to provide "premium, provable [traceable] seafood that is responsibly harvested." Fresh Seas Market delivers to all 50 states; next day to addresses west of Rockies, and two days for those east. For local addresses, they offer flat shipping rate of $9.99. No charge "for orders over $95 in cart value."