Fishmongers Fish and seafood Vendée

Oyster lovers, this is the place to come! The oysters of this passionate oyster farmer are not lacking in rewards, starting with a new gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole at the Salon de l'Agriculture 2022 for his special oysters. An oyster producer in the Bay of Bourgneuf, Baptiste sells his oysters and shellfish at La Cabane, located in Port des Champs. He makes it a point of honor to produce oysters in the respect of the tradition. Great welcome and quality !

A family fishmonger's where quality and knowledge of the products rhyme! Smiling, Magali and Mélissa welcome us, while Manu is producing mussels and oysters, which they sell here with other sea products: fish, sardines from Saint-Gilles, soup, lobsters... According to the arrivals, Magali concocts paella of fish, sauerkraut of the sea, colombo or blanquette of fish... Seafood platters cooked to order. To be enjoyed on the terrace, homemade acras, aperitif plank, shrimp fritters, fried mussels, oysters, seafood...

A magical place.... François' hut is the last one in the port of La Guittière, on the edge of the Payré estuary. It offers a tasting area over the magnificent panorama of this listed site. On the spot or online, taste oysters n°4 to triple zero. Also in the shop all the seafood products, to compose seafood platters: crabs, pink and grey shrimps, langoustines, whelks, winkles, cockles, clams... from the Sables fish market. In the fish tank, eels, lobsters and crayfish (on reservation).

Les Huîtres du Cap Horn are four generations of oyster farmers, carrying on the family traditions and know-how to produce quality shellfish. Sébastien Vaire welcomes you to discover his passion: the production of beautiful oysters bred off the coast of the Ile de Noirmoutier. Since 1927, the family has been producing beautiful shellfish. Visit of the oyster farm, oyster tasting and retail sales. Once again, the Cape Horn Oysters were awarded the gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole in 2015.

Les Viviers de Sion is over 100 years old! In the Merceron family, the love of seafood is passed on from generation to generation. Daily arrivals of shellfish from the ports of Vendée. Freshness, advice, choice, smile! Flagship products: pink shrimp from Saint-Gilles, lobster (European, whole or with a single claw), crab, lobster, spider crab, shrimp from Madagascar, clams from Bouin, mussels, whelks, periwinkles... and oysters from their claires at Le Veillon. Here we privilege the local fishing. Very good value for money.

The best place on the island to buy fresh seafood is at the port of Le Bonhomme. La Godaille, offers its production of oysters and seafood platters. In the small hut you will be served clams, whelks, periwinkles, langoustines, shrimps... And if you feel like eating oysters in the middle of the night, there is an oyster dispenser! The tasting plate includes 9 oysters (or, if you don't like it, 300 g of whelks or 150 g of langoustines or 100 g of shrimps), with a glass of muscadet, bread, butter.

Fancy some seafood? In a typical setting, facing the sea, it's the entire ocean that wanders through Jacques Petitgas' ponds: turbot, lobsters and crawfish, Guittière oysters, mussels, sea urchins, various shellfish, langoustines, shrimp... This oyster farmer accumulates awards for his oysters: 4 medals in 2018 at the Salon de l'Agriculture, including 2 in gold for the Celestine, a variety of fleshy oyster raised both at sea and in the marshes. Fair prices for this quality address. Reservation strongly advised.

Change of ownership in 2023 Chez Melon tout est bon! This little shack on the picturesque Port du Bec offers shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels and crustaceans to take away or enjoy on the spot. The flat and hollow oysters come from their park. Their open sea oysters won a silver medal at the last Salon de l'Agriculture. You may decide to take your shellfish home to eat, but stay here to savor the iodized products in a friendly atmosphere in the tasting room with its terrace.

La Cabane is an ideal place to enjoy a seafood platter or a dozen oysters with a little white wine. On the terrace, facing the oyster basins or in the colourful hut. Here you have a breathtaking view of the bay of Bourgneuf. Here are the products that Fabrice Musereau suggests: oysters, mussels, shellfish, sardines. Tasting of seafood platters on the spot or to take away. Small peculiarity: it is necessary to bring your own bread and butter.

Oyster lover, you will fall under the charm of this hut set in the middle of the oyster maturing basins, where you can taste a dozen oysters, in an original place, at the same time authentic but with a classy look thanks to a nicely landscaped terrace, fitted with large wooden tables enhanced with white parasols. Vary the pleasures by adding to this tasting of shells: winkles, cockles, clams, shrimp bouquet or lobster!

Nicola Karpoff welcomes you to her marine farm which includes 3 activities: breeding of the imperial shrimp (gambas), artisanal harvesting of salt, and salicornia, which is eaten as a vegetable or condiment, the "growth" of oysters in claires. Oysters with a unique particular taste, due to the clay basins. Did you know that prawns are produced in France, in the marshes of the Atlantic? The first prawns are marketed from mid-August to mid-November, and production is limited, so hurry if you want to taste these extra quality products.

Passionate oyster farmers for more than 30 years, Murielle and Patrick Guyau invite you to discover their oyster production in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, in the Payré estuary. This couple of oyster farmers offer a wide variety of seafood products: oysters, shellfish, crustaceans, but also seafood platters to taste on the spot or to take away! In addition to seafood products, they also offer some local products from Vendée, such as salt, fish terrines and rillettes, fish soups, saltwort and wine.

Are you a seafood lover? You have a family meal and don't want to cook for hours: seafood is the solution! This company, which is also present on the Arago and Halles markets, as well as at the Pilote fish market in the fishing port, is well known to the people of Sablais for the freshness of its products: oysters, shellfish, shrimp, langoustines, mussels... Longevity rhymes with Rocheteau. Created in 1900, it is the fourth generation that is in place! New: the opening of an oyster bar, Les Barges!

A renowned fishmonger's, created by Jean-Paul Eriau, in the fishing port (opposite the Musée du Coquillage). The products come directly from the fish market (next door): freshness guaranteed! With half a century of experience, it is the^4th generation with Paul-Arthur. On the stall: sea bass, cod, sea bream, gambas, prawns, shrimps, monkfish, mackerel, cod, skate, St Peter's, salmon, sole, turbot, tuna, sardines, scallops, etc. Daily arrivals, fish processed and prepared on site. Top quality, freshness, very fair prices, smiles and advice!

Oysters, mussels and clams. Retail sale at the institution.

Just for the name, we wanted to taste this production; a good point. On the road to the Pointe d'Arçay, between sea and forest, this oyster farmer offers retail sales of his oyster production, which you can also taste on the spot and, upon request, take a guided tour (free) of the farm. It is interesting. To complete your seafood platter or to treat yourself to flambéed prawns, you can buy them right here. They produce imperial prawns (order in advance) raised in their ponds!

Bernard Richard is ostréiculteur. It produces hollow oysters on the river Auzance. These oysters offer the particularity of a mixture of fresh water and salt water. Also for sale in front of the tourist office every day in summer (Sunday morning off season) and at l'Île d'Olonne.

Opposite Intermarché, in the heart of the marshes, Corinne Ferrer invites you to La Perle, a charming oyster bar, to taste directly your oysters and shellfish from the production of Frédéric Boucard. The room located just next to the shop is cute, in summer there is the terrace. The production is also available to take away. Among the specialities, the oysters, mussels, whelks, shrimps, the toasts of the sea and the "retour du Gois", a plate of 6 oysters and 6 clams. Conviviality and authenticity.

This black building with the appearance of a saloon houses a smoking and salting workshop. Here, we offer you many fish (most of them coming from the local fishery such as hake, pollack, tuna, mackerel, meagre, sea bream...) prepared in an artisanal way: salting with dry salt from Noirmoutier, smoking with sawdust of beech wood and slicing by hand. You will also find fresh and smoked fish rillettes, salmon gravlax, eel, duck breast... You will also find these products on the markets of the island.

In this small black hut with the appearance of a salorge, whose name is displayed in yellow letters, located between the road and the salt marshes, Tanguy Rocher offers you to taste and buy to take home, seafood (whelks, shrimps, langoustines, clams, lobster...) but also mussels and chips. So sit down on one of the large tables on the terrace and order the formula which offers 6 oysters plus a dish of mussels and chips. If you are not on the island, you should know that this oyster producer can ship them.