Ground Alaskan Sockeye Salmon

Bristol Bay's cold, pristine glacier-fed waters create ideal conditions for exceptional wild salmon. Unlike farmed salmon, wild sockeye eat a natural diet of krill and zooplankton, giving them their rich red color and firm texture. A 6 oz sockeye portion (raw weight) contains about 1,200 mg of EPA + DHA omega-3s on average (USDA).

Our salmon is hand-trimmed and deboned by our processors, whether you order 6oz portions or whole fillets. However, because this is a natural wild product, a tiny pin bone can occasionally remain. We recommend running your fingers over the flesh before cooking and using tweezers to remove any if found.

You can order wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon directly from Popsie Fish Co and have it shipped to your door, flash-frozen and packed in dry ice. We catch it ourselves in Bristol Bay, Alaska, so you're buying straight from the fishing family, with no middleman and no grocery-store thaw-and-refreeze. Choose 6oz portions or whole fillets. Ground shipping is $9.99 per order to the contiguous 48 states. Faster UPS options, and shipping to Alaska and Hawaii, are priced at checkout.

Wild-caught sockeye eats a natural diet of krill and zooplankton in the cold waters of Bristol Bay, which gives it a deep-red color and firm texture. Farmed salmon is raised in pens on processed feed and is typically softer, fattier, and paler. Wild sockeye is leaner, with fewer calories and less fat, and has a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats (USDA data). Our wild sockeye is never given antibiotics, dyes, or feed.

You don't need a fish market nearby. We ship wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon to all 50 states, packed in dry ice so it arrives at your door frozen solid. For most customers, that's fresher than the "fresh" salmon at the local grocery counter, which is often previously frozen, thawed for display, and days from the water. Ground shipping is $9.99 per order to the contiguous 48 states. Faster UPS options, and shipping to Alaska and Hawaii, are priced at checkout.

Ground salmon is highly versatile. It makes outstanding salmon burgers, patties, cakes, and meatballs. You can also brown it in a pan to make salmon tacos, grain bowl toppers, poke-style protein mix-ins, or premium salmon-based pasta sauces.

No. We sell our ground sockeye as fish to cook, not to eat raw, and we do not label it sashimi-grade. Cook it to an internal temperature of 145°F, the FDA's guidance. For raw dishes, choose our sockeye portions or fillets, or our halibut.

Yes, in most recipes. Keep in mind that ground salmon is much leaner and cooks much faster than beef. We recommend using a light hand when mixing, adding a binder such as an egg or breadcrumbs if forming patties, and cooking over medium heat.

No. Our ground salmon is 100% pure wild sockeye salmon. It is made from premium fillet trim during portioning with no added water, salt, preservatives, binders, or fillers.

Yes. You can add any available fish species, cuts, and box sizes to the same order. Each selection keeps the price shown for that specific box-size variant, and your cart and checkout will show any discount that is actually applied.

All portions are flash-frozen, vacuum-sealed, and packed in an insulated shipping box with a generous amount of dry ice. We guarantee your seafood will arrive frozen solid to your doorstep, even in the middle of summer.

Because our seafood is vacuum-sealed and flash-frozen at peak freshness, it keeps its best quality for 6 to 12 months in a home freezer at 0°F or below. Before refrigerator thawing, open or remove the vacuum packaging, place the fish in a shallow covered container, keep it refrigerated, and follow package or processor instructions.

We strongly recommend against refreezing seafood after it has been completely thawed, as this degrades the delicate cell structure and harms the texture and flavor. We recommend thawing only the individual portions you plan to eat within 48 hours, and within 24 hours if you are serving the fish raw.