Born in the Deep. Diver Owned. Always Be a Good Captain.
Be a Good Leader
With this brand, we aim to advocate for our American Fisheries that are facing pressure of regulatory shut downs left and right. We must face the fact that if we don’t avidly and actively work to keep American fisheries open and safe, then that means Americans get their seafood from international waters that are unregulated, illegal, and unreported. Supporting international fisheries instead of our own American fisheries contributes to devastation to our oceans and the planet. We can't support these unregulated fisheries.
According to NOAA Fisheries, the agency that regulates commercial and recreational fisheries in the US, 70-80% of seafood consumed in the US is imported from other countries, mostly China, Thailand, Canada, Indonesia and Ecuador.
We want to educate Americans about the importance of always knowing where your seafood comes from, for the health of your families as well as the health of American economies and the planet.
Thanks for visiting our website,
John & Lindsey
Bringing Fresh Seafood to Santa Barbara County
Sign our petition to fight the current 80 petitions written by lobbyists who are proposing blank statement closures with zero scientific data to back their statement that will greatly impact our local fishing industries and ecosystems.
Established 2012
The Good Captain Co is based in Santa Barbara, CA. Founder John Hoadley has been a deep sea diver for 20 years and started his commercial fishing business in 2012.
When he is not working on the ocean floor, he spends the rest of his time building the family business on land with his wife, while also fathering his two daughters on the coast of central California.
The Good Captain Co is a lifestyle brand that also provides sea urchin, sea cucumber, and lobster harvested from Santa Barbara County.
Hand Picked Super Fresh Santa Barbara Seafood
The Good Captain Co provides the highest quality Santa Barbara Sea Urchin and Spiny Red Lobster from the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara. Each sea urchin is hand picked one-by-one and offloaded in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
Lobster Season is 6 months out of the year and is available October through March.
John delivers sea urchins throughout the week to the best local seafood restaurants in Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Shellfish Co, The Boathouse, and the Fishhouse. October through March, the restaurants serve his lobster as well.
