Your contributions to SeaShare not only provide the personal satisfaction that your company is helping others in a meaningful way; they can provide tangible benefits that improve your company and your relationship with your customers and the community.
 
Some of the reasons our donors support SeaShare programs are simply a concern for the welfare of others; others do it as a practical business management decision.  These are some of the reasons our donors have given us their support for ten years:
 
·      Employee and customer satisfaction

Your employees and your customers like to know that their company, or their association, or their industry, does something to give back to the community.  Our donors are proud of their participation in SeaShare programs and that pride starts at the top and goes all the way to the shipping dock.

·      Inventory control and Tax Benefits

What to do with those products that have sat on the shelf too long?  Instead of paying storage costs on excess inventory, samples, and other products that aren’t selling, donating the products to SeaShare will eliminate those costs qualify your company for the maximum allowable tax benefits.

·      Discard waste reduction

Companies participating in the NMFS Prohibited Species Donation Program have an opportunity to retain their prohibited bycatch and donate to SeaShare for distribution to food banks.  The ONLY alternative to this option is to throw the fish away.  The program is entirely voluntary.  SeaShare staff handles all the logistical support details, and manages product transfer, shipping, cold storage reprocessing and distribution under NMFS Guidelines.

·      Better use of low-value byproducts

If your company harvests fish for the value of the roe or other specialty products, but have limited markets for the meat, SeaShare will take those fish and relieve you of storage and processing concerns as well as dumping costs and regional waste laws that prohibit discard of fish.

·      Cause-related marketing

The Seafood Industry Hunger Relief Initiative managed by SeaShare, provides a public platform to show the rest of the country what our industry stands for; it carries the message about the viability of our resources; it spotlights the healthy, high-quality products we put into the market place; it lets the public know what the seafood industry stands for. 

·      Peer to Peer Contacts

This all-industry program has helped build important bridges between diverse seafood industry groups and companies; it has helped competing organizations find common ground in a great cause.

·      Combined Effort and Resources for Effective Results

The services, products and supplies your company provides are combined for maximum efficiency and benefits with the donations of other companies.  By providing one small part, you enable us to consolidate and deliver one huge contribution to hunger relief.
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