In today's world, it is difficult to really know where the seafood comes from in a restaurant. Do you trust the waiter's guess? When I eat a cooked to hockey puck frozen burger patty from a pricey restaurant, I have to wonder about the ingredients. We live next to the Gulf, but Publix sells shrimp which comes from Indonesia. Go figure. I'm beginning to think that all locally caught seafood is shipped out. I'm sure there are restaurants with some fresh catches, from somewhat local areas. Beware that several popular restaurants in Panama City and Panama City Beach were busted last year and the year prior for serving product other than what they were saying it was. For instance, they were selling Tilapia and calling it Grouper.
I thought they stopped allowing commercial fishing of Redfish and allowed only farm-raised for commercial sales. ???
I agree that Nick's in the sticks is good. Saw them checking their crab traps at lunch time today.
Not sure if they are local or not, but Stinky's Fish Camp has some great tasting fried shrimp.