Outer Banks Seafood Festival

What We Do

The Outer Banks Seafood Festival provides the opportunity to learn more about our local fishing industry and heritage. Come and watch live demonstrations, meet the watermen and see the boats involved in bringing fresh seafood to your table. Celebrate our rich, seafood heritage and discover what it has done for our local community.

View all of the scheduled talks and demos in the Education tent in the Fishing Village on our Event Schedule page.

Event Schedule

Education

NC Catch

Promoting North Carolina seafood and the fishing families who provide the catch. Working to educate consumers on the importance of buying local seafood.

NC Coastal Federation

Learn about coastal cleanups and why their programs follow the tagline, "No wetlands, no seafood".

US Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxillary

Learn about boater safety and current ways we help vessels in distress.

Chicamacomico Life Saving Station

Learn about how we used to help vessels in distress and the dangerous swims that the surfmen took to save lives.

North Carolina Watermen's United

Learn about the watermen and how we can support and protect their livelihood.

Network for Endangered Sea Turtles - NEST

Learn about the natural history of sea turtles and how this group helps nesting sea turtles here in the OBX.

NC Department of Agriculture

Got to be NC Seafood program

North Carolina Sea Grant

Learn about local seafood that you can find seasonaly in Outer Banks fish markets and how to recognize quality.

The Boats

There will be a variety of boats on display during the Festival. We encourage you to walk around and get a close up view of some of the hardworking vessels that bring fresh North Carolina Seafood to your table.

-Crabbing Boat
-Cast Nets
-Shrimp Trawl
-Gill Net
-Net Hanging