Giving Back

Community Catch

Giving back by donating and serving the underprivileged community of Seattle and Anchorage is something we make sure to do 3x a year. Each Member company and sometimes Associate Members take turns serving lunch with us.

APA members donate more than 1 million seafood meals each year to hungry Americans through its Community Catch Program. The Community Catch initiative expands a long-standing commitment by APA companies to provide this important protein source to local and national food bank programs. APA operates its seafood donation program in partnership with Sea Share.

Food for Steller Sea Lions

Many of the sea creatures residing at the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward are fed on Alaska pollock that is donated by the APA member companies. The fish is:

  • Sorted on individual vessels by each APA Member Company

  • Then stored by OSI and Kloosterboer based in Dutch Harbor

  • Samsun Tug and Barge transports the fish to the Seward Sea Life Center

*This effort is entirely donated with work and efforts done at no charge.

The Alaska pollock is used by researchers for sea lion feeding studies, and is also enjoyed by seals and other marine creatures that call the Center home.