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Our Story — Built From Both Sides of the Scottish Fishing Trade
Clark Seafoods isn't a business that discovered seafood. It's a business that seafood built — from both ends of the industry, across two family lines, over more than half a century on Scotland's north-east coast.
The Catching Side — The Millers
Grandfather of Stephen and Clark, Martin Miller, spent his working life at sea out of Buckie. He skippered a number vessels across his career — first the Regent Bird 3, then the Regent Bird 4 — fishing the North Sea and the waters he knew better than most men know dry land. His son John followed him into the wheelhouse.
John Miller became a skipper in his own right, carrying on what his father had built and keeping the family's connection to the sea alive for another generation.
In more recent years, The Millers sold the boat. But the knowledge of what it takes to land a catch — the tides, the weather, the markets, the value of fish handled with care — that doesn't leave a family. It's in the business we run today.
The Selling Side — The Clarks
Great Grandfather on Stephen and Clarks mother's side, the story begins with Bob Bain — a fisherman from Gamrie on Scotland's east coast whose life was shaped by the sea. Bob skippered the Spes Clara and knew the trade from the water up. When he eventually came ashore, he didn't walk away from fish — he built a fishmonger's business on the same values he'd lived by at sea: quality, honesty, and respect for the catch.
That business was carried forward by Ian Clark, who grew it from a local fishmonger into a wholesale operation supplying customers across Scotland. Ian built the foundations of what Clark Seafoods is today — the routes, the relationships, the reputation.
Where Both Sides Meet
Stephen and Clark are the generation where both family lines come together. Raised with a grandfather who skippered trawlers and a family business built on selling Scottish fish, they came into the trade knowing both sides of it — what it takes to land a catch and what it takes to supply a customer who depends on it being right every time.
That dual heritage isn't just history. It shapes how Clark Seafoods operates. We understand what fishermen deal with because it was our family's livelihood. We understand what wholesale customers need because it has been our family's business for over 50 years. Not many suppliers can say both.
Clark Seafoods Today
Based in Buckie on the Moray Coast, Clark Seafoods supplies fresh fish and shellfish to restaurants, hotels, chip shops, fishmongers and care homes across Scotland — from the Moray Coast to Inverness and the Highlands, North Scotland, the Western Isles, Stornoway, and the West Coast.
We buy daily from Peterhead fish market, source from Shetland, and have private vessels landing to us daily. The supply chain is short, the sourcing is traceable, and the fish is handled the way a family that has lived by the sea knows it should be.
Fifty plus years of history. Two families. One business.
