Expand Your Markets with SmallBoat

Access online sales opportunities without the tech headache. 

Find buyers and new revenue streams that you wouldn't have the capacity to reach on your own. 

You maintain ownership of your catch.

SmallBoat is not buying your fish. We are helping you sell it. 

Your Success is Our Success

More than a marketplace

We don’t just list your seafood and tell you to hope for the best. We put knowledge, experience and advertising dollars behind your brand so shoppers can find you.

Selling your catch online shouldn't require a tech degree.

Minimum effort. Maximum benefit.

SmallBoat bridges the gap between catching exceptional seafood and getting it in front of buyers.

Your catch gains value as it moves down the supply chain. Direct sales can help you keep more of it—but reaching buyers takes more than just a website.

Building a business equipped to sell online isn’t straightforward. 

Whether you’re figuring out where to start or growing an established direct-sales business, SmallBoat can help with the marketing, customer service, and the admin that come with online sales.

Our mission is simple: help you reach more customers and retain more of the value of your catch. 

We're in this together.

  • Sales Leads

    We’ll introduce your seafood to buyers through relationships we've built over decades of direct sales, while also growing a devoted SmallBoat audience eager to buy directly from fishers like you.

  • Dedicated Advertising

    Campaigns and press releases built for your brand. Share the moments that matter. Seasonal openings, new products or other milestones like getting a new boat. You decide how much, or little to share.

  • Social Posting

    We’ll post so you don't have to-unless you want to. The fish you catch, and the work you do becomes the stories we tell our audience across SmallBoat’s social channels. It's about you, not us.

FAQ: frequently asked questions

Is SmallBoat buying my catch?

No. Instead, we are helping you sell your catch. You retain ownership until the point of sale further down the value chain. 

What do I get if I sign-up?

Our launch offer for qualified fishers includes your own e-commerce storefront, marketing campaigns, a shipping credit, reduced cost packaging supplies and more. 

Are there fees to participate? (*sponsored spots are currently available for qualified fishers)

Yes, but you get more than what you pay for via external funders who want to support you. 

‼️Right now, we are looking for our first wave of producers and are happy to offer no-cost and low-cost sponsorship options for qualified fishers to get up and running. 

What types of seafood can I sell?

Any frozen seafood that you have a fish ticket, or appropriate landing records for. 

All seafood must be produced in compliance with applicable HACCP, DEC, or USDA guidelines and have proper record keeping. (We can help you navigate compliance standards.) 

*fresh sales start Spring 2027

Why does SmallBoat exist?

Straight talk! With ❤️ in our hearts, we are here to uplift and strengthen your fishing business. It’s taken long years of hard work to put all the pieces together.

We’re thrilled to be creating pathways to receive all the benefits of pooled resources—without ever asking you to give up your autonomy and independence. 

Go fish tough! We’ll handle the tech stuff.

What you get

Online sales without building and managing the tech

Reduced cost packaging supplies & ship rates

Advertising that puts your seafood in front of more buyers

Customer service handled on every order

No-cost & low-cost access to professional services

More time to focus on catching fish, or getting some downtime

What you don't get

The burden and cost of building and maintaining a digital storefront

Customers calling, e-mailing and texting you while you set gear

A requirement to hand over ownership of your catch to a middleman

A bummer of a surprise when you find out how much you sold your fish for

Who is this for?

SmallBoat is made for

  • Independent wild-catch fishery participants (captain or crew)
  • Independent oyster growers + mariculture producers
  • Those new to direct sales
  • Those with an established market presence
  • Those with inventory on hand- ready to sell
  • Those wanting to get positioned for next fishing season's sales
  • Small-scale family run fishing operations that are owner/operator
  • Fishers offering small-batch or test run products in low quantities
  • Fishers with a sizable catalog and plenty of inventory on hand
  • Fisheries with strong origin + traceability standards

Who is this not for?

SmallBoat is not designed for

  • Businesses or individuals selling seafood they were not actively involved with in the catching of
  • Seafood wholesalers, aggregators, or intermediary resellers
  • Commodity, volume-focused seafood distribution models
  • Personal use or subsistence harvesters that are illegally trying to sell their catch
  • Brokers, affiliates or others not actively catching fish 
  • High-volume industrial trawl operations 
  • Industrial scale fish farming operations
  • Fishers not comfortable with basic digital tools and communication. (please reach out if this concerns you)

*SmallBoat is built to support the individual catching fish, not intermediaries.

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