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Fresh local seafood near me: Southern food banks stocked with fish

Fresh local seafood near me: Southern food banks stocked with fish

Fresh local seafood near me: Southern food banks stocked with fish

Innovative nonprofit brings together fishermen, food banks in need

Mississippi shrimpers deliver catch to local food banks

SHARE Ryan Bradley, executive director of Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United, helps deliver 36,000 meals of local shrimp to food banks across Mississippi. Dawn Ross photo Early this year, Mississippi food pantries received deliveries of locally caught, processed and packaged shrimp, harvested by members of Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United. A $50,000 Catch Together grant facilitated by the nonprofit Extra Table helped Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United purchase 20,000 pounds of local heads-on shrimp. The fishing organization coordinated with processors to have the catch processed and peeled, resulting in 13,000 pounds delivered to families in need across the state in 2-pound frozen bags, comprising 36,000 meals. It was a wonderful opportunity, and it was a great feeling, said Ryan Bradley, executive director of Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United and an NF Highliner. I got to tag along when Extra Table was distributing those shrimp. It s not every day they