The At-Sea Processors Association (APA) hosted another meal at the Millionair Club last week. 220 meals were served by volunteers from Arctic Storm and APA.
Pacific Seafood Raises $$ for Hunger
Pacific Seafood hosted SeaShare at its annual sales event
Tom Mazzetta encouraged all seafood companies to get involved with SeaShare.
Help us match the Rasmuson Challenge grant
Feeding America recently recognized SeaShare
2011 Disaster Relief Campaign Partner "SeaShare"
Emergency Relief from South to North
Two truckloads of canned salmon are on the way to Alabama and Missouri for disaster relief.
SeaShare and Food Lifeline Together
SeaShare was featured in Food Lifeline's recent newsletter.
Jim Harmon Named 2011 Alaska Champion
We are delighted to announce that our own Jim Harmon received the 2011 Alaska Champion Award from Global Food Alaska, at their biannual event in Kenai last week.
Bycatch to food banks program expands to Gulf of AK
Laine Welch at Fish Radio has covered the Alaska “fish beat” for print and broadcast. Listen to her audio interview with SeaShare's own Jim Harmon.
Hearing the call to help, the seafood industry continues to step up with donations of high protein seafood products for our local food banks. Just this week, Mazzetta Company, working with SeaShare, donated over 95,000 lbs of tilapia fillets!
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [seafoodnews.com] - March 25, 2011 - A study of Yup'ik Eskimos in Alaska, who on average consume 20 times more omega-3 fats from fish than people in the lower 48 states, suggests that a high intake of these fats helps prevent obesity-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
Ocean Beauty Seafoods has reached the 10 Million Donated Meals milestone with SeaShare.
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.
Mazzetta donates one million seafood meals
U.S.-based hunger-relief agency SeaShare on Thursday recognized seafood supplier Mazzetta Company for its dedicated effort to help feed more seafood to hungry Americans.
Over one million servings of high-protein seafood were donated last year, making Mazzetta SeaShare’s number one donor of 2010.
864,000 Salmon Meals to East Coast Food Banks
While summer brought visions of relaxation, maybe time to read a good book, or just having time to play, the numbers of people requiring assistance at our nation's food banks just kept climbing.
Where do those salmon and halibut steaks that are delivered to the food banks come from?
Your child needs lot of fish for brain and nerve development, says a University of Illinois food science professor. '
Canned Salmon Stocks
the Pantry
Over 205,000 lbs of canned salmon, or 1,025,000 servings, recently helped
boost the stores at food banks.
Epicenter Press Donates "Fishes & Dishes" to SeaShare
We are delighted to be able to offer you a gift of the Fishes and Dishes Cookbook, when you contribute $500 or more to help provide seafood to our nation's food banks. Released this month, the book provides 80 mouth-watering recipes and describes the adventurous lives of women who work in America's most dangerous industry, with harrowing and funny stories.
KONO New Zealand recently donated 10,000 lbs of chilled, flavored mussel meats to SeaShare. Garlic, smoke and chili flavors enhanced the tender mussel meat of this unique donation.
KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew delivers 20,000 pounds of silver salmon fillets to Kotzebue Dec. 28, 2009
Hunger
in America 2010
is the largest study of domestic hunger, providing comprehensive and statistically-valid
data on the emergency food distribution system and the people served by
Feeding America.
SeaShare wishes to thank all of the NFI members who have contributed so generously to hunger-relief efforts this past year.
SeaShare saw a remarkable number of companies and individuals with innovative ideas step up to get seafood into the kitchens of hungry Americans in 2009.
A Coast Guard C-130 flew 27,000 lbs. of coho salmon to Kotzebue, Alaska on Dec. 28.
Season's Greetings! I hope this letter finds you well, and enjoying the season.
A Message from Sig Hansen, Captain F/V Northwestern
Sea Share's coordination has made seafood a major source of protein for food banks
Interview:
Seashare - Fish Radio (10-16-09)
American Seafoods Reaches 10 Million Meals
American Seafoods has been a leading donor to SeaShare since our inception 15 years ago.
Outstanding Food Donor Award to SeaShare
Shoreline, Wash. (September 25, 2009) - Food Lifeline, Washington's largest hunger relief organization, honored the recipients of the 2009 Ending Hunger Award
Holiday
Preparations with Global Aquaculture Alliance
If you or your company is considering sending
out holiday cards, newsletters or calendars please consider adding SeaShare
's message within your document.
Diversified Business Communications recently published a special advertising section in their June issue of Seafood Business Magazine called "Alaska: Celebrating 50 Years of Seafood Processing".
SeaShare has provided over 3 million seafood meals to food banks across America from January through June of this year.
As part of our continuing effort to give back to America's fishing communities, SeaShare sent a full container of canned red salmon to the Food Bank of Alaska last month.
America's Deadliest Catch Supports SeaShare
On April 25th the Discovery Channel held a one day fan festival on the Seattle Waterfront for their show Deadliest Catch.
...15 year old males who ate fish at least once a week had higher cognitive skills at age 18 than those who ate it less frequently.
31
Major Foodbanks Receive Fish
At least 31 major food banks, within the Feeding America network across
the U.S., received fish from SeaShare in 2008. They supply over 7000 agencies,
pantries and food kitchens.
Pier
Fish Donates at Boston Seafood Show
Seafood companies from around the world convened in Boston for the annual
Boston Seafood Show in March.
There is a time to set your gear and a time to haul it in. Setting is always a time of hopeful anticipation, praying for the best, knowing that fortune can be with you or against you.
SeaShare recently acquired a donation of Pad Thai Sauce from Orca Bay Foods. Food Lifeline - Seattle accepted the product and wrote the following note:
The Prohibited Species Donation program is SeaShare's signature program. It is unique in fisheries management and in the seafood industry for its innovative approach to resource protection and utilization.
Rubicon
Resources Donates 44,000 lbs Frozen Shrimp and Bread Crumbs
Rubicon Resources is one of the leading importers and distributors of
sustainable seafood in North America. They recently donated over 44,000
lbs. of frozen shrimp and bread crumbs to SeaShare.