Seafood, which is defined as both fish and shellfish, is a nutrient-rich protein food, and its consumption has been associated with reduced risk of heart disease. But while most U.S. consumers eat some seafood, the amounts are inadequate to meet federal dietary guidelines, according to a study conducted by Agricultural Research Service scientists.
Nome, Alaska July 29, 2015 -- SeaShare, a non-profit organization that facilitates donations of seafood to feed the hungry, announced today that with generosity of Alaska seafood companies, freight companies and the Coast Guard, it has coordinated the donation and delivery of 21,000 pounds of halibut to remote villages in western Alaska.
Seafood continues to top list for good health.
The nonprofit charity SeaShare works to put seafood, whether caught as bycatch or donated by fishermen, into foodbanks around the country. Most of that catch comes from the Bering Sea. The organization is now working to put more of donated seafood onto tables in hungry households in more parts Alaska. KDLG’s Dave Bendinger has more: Radio interview
And they're off! Glenn Reed, Jim and I watched the start of the Race to Alaska this morning at 5:30 am in Port Townsend, WA. Boats of all shapes and sizes lined up to start. They are going up to Victoria, BC today and on to Alaska tomorrow. Watch tracker to follow their progress. Go Team Pure and Wild (Joe and Dalton)!
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June 4 is the big day! Team Pure and Wild is competing in the Race to Alaska, a 750 mile race by water from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK (no motors allowed). Along the way they will be promoting pure, wild and sustainable Alaska seafood and raising awareness of and money for Seashare. Team Pure and Wild has committed to donate the first prize of $10,000 to SeaShare.
Mazzetta Company is very generous indeed! During the past several weeks they donated more than 642,000 servings of tilapia and swai to SeaShare that we distributed to food banks in New Hampshire, Washington DC, Ohio, Missouri, New York and Virginia. Thank you Mazzetta!
When it comes to providing protein to livestock, high quality fishmeal leads the charge.
A recent study on how environment and biology affect children has found that diet, specifically the presence of omega-3 fatty acids, can decrease antisocial and criminal behavior problems over time.
Look at our new boxes designed and donated by Frontier Packaging. Thank you to John Merritt and Judd Magwire for all your help designing and generating our new box!
Halibut Taco Recipe from our friends at Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
SeaShare board member John Garner presented E&E Foods with our Top Donor award yesterday at a luncheon at E&E Foods in Seattle. Randy Patrick and Tab Goto were on hand to receive the award. E&E Foods has been a strategic partner with SeaShare for several years. They provide discounted processing and packaging services, and they donate financially. Last year alone E&E Foods processed over 450,000 lbs of salmon and halibut for Seashare, taking headed and gutted fish and cutting them into beautiful steak portions. The steaks were then water glazed and packed in sleeves and cases for transport to food banks across the nation and in Alaska.
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For many, it is easy to take food for granted. It is easily accessible, and you have a choice of fresh and healthy ingredients. For at least 49 million Americans, this is not their reality. For reasons such as underemployment, unemployment, low wages, or illness many Americans rely on food banks and feeding centers to access food. SeaShare actively works with the Feeding America network to provide the healthiest of foods, seafood, to affiliated food banks.
A truckload of salmon and halibut steaks will leave Seattle on Friday en route to San Francisco/Marin Food Bank. This will represent almost 140,000 servings of seafood. This fish was caught in Jan/Feb. by fishermen in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska and donated to SeaShare for domestic hunger relief. But it's not a simple process. Here is how SeaShare brings partners together for this model:
SeaShare presented Trident Seafoods with its 2015 NFI (National Fisheries Institute) Donor of the Year award on Monday at the annual Alaska Go Wild! reception at the Seaport Hotel.
Boston Visitors and Convention Bureau honored Diversified Communications by presenting a check to SeaShare at the International Seafood Expo North America in Boston this past week. Diversified has been a generous donor to SeaShare for many years, donating print and online media coverage as well as event opportunities at the annual Boston show.
This month SeaShare welcomes Tom Enlow to our Board of Directors. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Tom was educated at Brigham Young and Seattle Pacific University to teach secondary education. In February of 1989, after having taught and coached high school students for several years, he took his experiences in warehousing and inventory from his summer job at a friend's company, joined UniSea and relocated to Dutch Harbor/Unalaska. Tom began his career with UniSea in inventory control, and soon moved on to production support and administrative management. In 1999, Tom was assigned to direct UniSea's Hospitality Division by managing the operations of the Grand Aleutian Hotel and the Harbor View Inn and their associated food, beverage, and sales outlets. In 2013 Tom was promoted to Executive Vice President of UniSea where he works closely with the Directors and Managers of UniSea's Dutch Harbor Operations. In January of 2015 Tom was promoted to President CEO of UniSea following the sudden and unexpected passing of UniSea CEO Terry Shaff who was a longtime Director and supporter of SeaShare.
E&E Foods has been a strategic partner with SeaShare for several years. They provide discounted processing and packaging services, and they donate financially. Last year alone E&E processed over 450,000 lbs salmon and halibut for Seashare, taking headed and gutted fish and cutting them into beautiful steak portions. The steaks were then water glazed and packed in sleeves and cases for transport to food banks across the nation and in Alaska.