April 28, 2020 — In the midst of a near-nationwide lockdown that has drastically shifted the consumer market for seafood in the United States, companies of all sizes are adding direct-to-consumer sales outlets.
In early March, as most restaurants across the country closed or limited to doing take-out only due to social distancing restrictions imposed to prohibit the spread of COVID-19, a huge chunk of the nation’s seafood market disappeared within the space of a couple of weeks.