Jamaican beaches are a perfect place to get fresh seafood

Fresh red snapper for sale at Jamaican beach

Jamaican man setting up a lobster trap at sunset

Jamaica has many beautiful beaches. Negril on the West coast has one of the best known as ‘seven mile beach’. Apart from usual use by the tourists for water sports or aerobics these beaches are a great place for local fisherman to catch fish.

Fisherman usually fish early in the morning when there are only a few guests around. Sometimes they have their nets and traps setup just next to the resort swimming area. They usually set lobster traps in the evening.

Jamaican fisherman showing live lobsters to the tourist at the beach

Greetings from the Jamaican chef at the beachfront kitchen

Small Jamaican restaurants cook the catch of the day right on the beach to the delight of tourists. Resorts do not usually serve fresh local fish or lobster. So these Jamaican seafood restaurants offer a great opportunity for visitors to taste fresh local fish or lobster.

Beachfront restaurants use wood to cook fish and lobster and that allows tourists to taste authentic Jamaican seafood cooking. These Jamaican seafood eaters offer a nice break from all inclusive buffets. The prices are also much better than at the resorts and it provides direct support to local fishermen and cooks.

Negril, Jamaica also has larger boats for deep sea fishing and there are lots of fishermen in Negril river. Local restaurants will prepare the catch right away and this is really nice experience totally different from large resorts and formal restaurants.

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