SeaShare Wins Stewardship and Sustainability Award

SeaShare was recently selected to receive Alaska SeaLife Center’s Stewardship & Sustainability Award.

The award is given annually to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the awareness and sustainability of Alaska’s marine resources.

The award will be presented at the Alaska Marine Gala on February 13, 2016 in Anchorage.

The Alaska SeaLife Center operates as a private, non-profit research institution and public aquarium, with wildlife response and education programs.

SeaShare is a non-profit founded to help the seafood industry donate to hunger-relief efforts in the United States.

To learn more about SeaShare, visit www.seashare.org.

National Coalition of Fishing Communities (NCFC)

A new coalition of U.S fishing communities has been organized. The National Coalition of Fishing Communities (NCFC) will formally launch during the next U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, to be held in Washington, DC on January 19, 2016.

NCFC members include:

 - municipalities with economic, social, and cultural ties to the fishing industry

 - associations who represent and are supported directly by working commercial fishing families

 - businesses who are involved in the harvesting, processing, distributing, marketing, and serving of seafood

 - individuals in fishing communities


NCFC is currently engaged in a membership drive. Members can join at the NCFC website, fisheriescoalition.org.