Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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SeaShare donations are in demand at nations food banks and throughout AK:SeaShare’s seafood partners are working harder than ever to keep markets supplied, shelves filled, and families fed. Despite all the challenges, these same partners — fishermen, processors, distributors, and others — have donated over 7 million seafood servings to food banks across the country so far this year. Our collective response to the unprecedented need has been incredible. Together we are supplying the best protein to families who can really use a good meal.

Please consider donations to SeaShare as you finalize your end-of-year donation plans. Just $1 helps provide 8 servings of seafood to hungry neighbors nationwide. We at PSPA and SeaShare hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!

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National

As COVID impacts continue to hurt US fisheries, CARES Act funding still stuck in limbo Seafood Source by Chris Chase - December 7, 2020 Almost exactly seven months after USD 300 million (EUR 247 million) in funds were released to U.S. fisheries through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), over one-third of the money slated for distribution hasn’t even had its method of distribution decided on. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/as-covid-impacts-continue-to-hurt-us-fisheries-cares-act-funding-still-stuck-in-limbo Press Release: Merkley, Reed Lead Push For U.S. Department of Agriculture to Provide Seafood Industry With Much Needed Support The ongoing coronavirus crisis has decimated fisheries Jeff Merkley - December 4, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today requested that the Government Accountability Office conduct a study to explore ways to ensure that American fisheries receive the expanded economic support they desperately need, by increasing the volume and variety of seafood products the federal government purchases through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Procurement Program (CPP). https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-reed-lead-push-for-us-department-of-agriculture-to-provide-seafood-industry-with-much-needed-support-2020 Environment/Science Tire-related chemical is largely responsible for adult coho salmon deaths in urban streams UW News by Sarah McQuate - December 3, 2020 A team led by researchers at the University of Washington Tacoma, UW and Washington State University Puyallup has discovered a chemical that kills coho salmon in urban streams before the fish can spawn. Shown here Zhenyu Tian (left), a research scientist at the Center for Urban Waters at UW Tacoma; Jenifer McIntyre (right), an assistant professor at WSU School of the Environment in Puyallup; and Edward Kolodziej (right, background), an associate professor in both the UW Tacoma Division of Sciences & Mathematics and the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, are at Longfellow Creek, an urban creek in the Seattle area.Mark Stone/University of Washington https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/12/03/tire-related-chemical-largely-responsible-for-adult-coho-salmon-deaths-in-urban-streams/ String of Marine Heatwaves Continues to Dominate Northeast Pacific Researchers question whether heatwaves are becoming more common than not. NOAA Fisheries - December 2, 2020 During the summer of 2020, an area of unusually warm ocean water—a marine heatwave—grew off the West Coast of the United States. It became the second most expansive Northeast Pacific heatwave since monitoring began in 1982. The heatwave eventually encompassed about 9.1 million square kilometers, almost six times the size of Alaska, towards the end of September. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/string-marine-heatwaves-continues-dominate-northeast-pacific FYI’s As we plan for the in-person event, this page serves as a resource for important information about COVID-19 as related to the 2021 Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America. December 3, 2020 – Announcement: New Dates Announced New dates for the 2021 edition of the in-person event, Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, have been released. The event, which was recently postponed from March 14-16, will be held on July 11-13, 2021 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The expo will bring seafood suppliers and buyers from the North American market back together for three days of business meetings, networking and educational sessions. https://www.seafoodexpo.com/north-america/novel-coronavirus-updates/

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