Millions of
Seafood Meals to America's Food Banks
Here's a quick look at SeaShare results for 2010:
-Almost
6 million seafood meals were donated to America's food
banks.
-15 states
received seafood from SeaShare, with 36 % in WA, 20% in
CA, 12% in PA, 9% in AK, and 9% in NY, and 14% various.
Washington state was the largest recipient of donated
seafood, distributed through Food Lifeline to over 172
smaller food banks.
-Trident Seafoods
and Ocean Beauty Seafoods both achieved the 10
million meal donation benchmark.
-Mazzetta
Company donated 238,000 lbs. of seafood in 2010.
That's a million meals.
-More than
60 seafood companies, warehouse facilities, freight companies,
processors and individual fishing boats worked
with SeaShare to generate our 2010 donations.
-Donations
of canned salmon increased in 2010 thanks
to help from Salmon Terminals, LSI and KWL in Seattle,
WA.
-SeaShare
worked with the following fishing fleets to
obtain high quality seafood: Bering Sea Pollock Fleet,
Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association, United Catcher
Boats and Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association.
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