Our Story

“I am a third-generation fishmonger. This business is in my blood. For almost 75 years, my family has been held to a standard of ‘fish excellence’ and we have established relationships with local fishermen and seafaring folks up, down, and around the coast.”

-Charles Russo III

Charles J. Russo Sr. and Antoinette Russo opened Russo’s Seafood in 1946. The company is celebrating over 74 years of serving cut-to-order fresh fish, fresh and frozen local shrimp, scallops, oysters, clams, mussels, live crabs, crabmeat, and much more worldwide.

Since 1946, Russo’s Seafood has offered the highest quality seafood, prepared in the cleanest and most sanitary surroundings in the Southeast. We will be serving retail and wholesale customers from our new Bluffton, SC market. We also serve Hilton Head, SC and Savannah, GA.

The original location of Russo’s Seafood was at the corner of Waters Avenue and 31st Lane in Savannah, GA. All of our products were trucked in using railway express. Today, under the ownership of Russo’s grandson Charles J. Russo III, we are able to work with the highest quality seafood, and some of the most sustainable fisheries in the USA to provide that quality that the Russo family is known for.

We are most proud of our family, our quality and our cleanliness. My grandfather started this business after the war. He knew that some others in the seafood business were taking shortcuts, but his main focus was on quality and going the extra mile to please and serve his customers. Russo’s Seafood was the first fish market built in Savannah, GA. All others were roadside stands or grocery stores.

Today Russo’s Fresh Seafood is proud to be here in Bluffton, SC supporting local fishermen and providing our surrounding communities with the highest quality local seafood.

There are a lot of things that over 74 years in the seafood business can teach you. You learn how to build relationships with the most experienced, local fishermen who deliver the finest catches everyday fresh off their boats. It’s also about refining our cutting techniques to give you the highest yield per fish that you can find anywhere in the Southeast. Most importantly, it’s been years of mastering the quality of service that you and your customers deserve.