The Chuck’s Story

Chuck’s Seafood is a family-owned business begun in 1953 by Chuck and Alberta McGeorge. It started as a retail fish market, smokehouse, and cannery serving local sports fishermen.

Jack and Diana Hampel purchased the business in 1980, and their three sons grew up working in the operation; two of them still run it today. Heath Hampel manages Chuck’s market and cannery, while Jess Hampel operates Coos Bay Oyster Company, our oyster farm.

Heath Hampel.

Heath Hampel.

The business has changed and grown over the years. Chuck’s now does commercial canning and processing, including work for suppliers that serve retail leaders like Whole Foods. But we still do much of the same as when the business began. We continue to use our old‑fashioned smokehouse, fired with native Alder wood, and we shuck our own oysters for the market every single day.

We strive to offer the highest quality products by sourcing the very best fish available and processing it as freshly as possible. Our location here on the bay and ownership of our cannery make that possible. We never use artificial ingredients in our products.

Our home in Charleston, Oregon, sits in immediate proximity to some of the finest commercial and ocean sport fishing in the Pacific Northwest. We’re well known for the salmon, albacore tuna, crab, oysters, and other excellent seafood these waters have to offer.

Charleston, Oregon, in the 1970s.

Charleston, Oregon, in the 1970s.

A black and white drawing of a clam shell with detailed lines and shading.

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