American Seafoods Reaches 10 Million Meals

American Seafoods has been a leading donor to SeaShare since our inception 15 years ago. Their donations have included pollock, cod, and pacific whiting; as well as the breading and processing to turn these fish into finished products. Their boats have participated in our NMFS' sponsored bycatch-retention program - salvaging tons of salmon that would otherwise be thrown overboard. A subsidiary of Amerian Seafoods has made truckloads of breaded catfish nuggets available to us at a greatly reduced cost. All of these products have been extremely popular with our distribution partners at Feeding America, the nation's largest food bank network.

This summer alone, American Seafoods Group donated over 1 million meals of breaded, frozen pollock portions. SeaShare recognizes American Seafoods Group as the first seafood company to reach the benchmark of 10 million donated meals. We are proud to help seafood leaders like American Seafoods maximize their philanthropy. Presentation of the award is scheduled for the annual meeting of the Global Aquaculture Alliance in Seattle, at the end of October.

Thank you and congratulations American Seafoods Group!