America's Second Harvest Recognizes Ocean Beauty at National Conference.

SEATTLE -- Ocean Beauty Seafoods is being honored for their commitment to increasing the availability of seafood to alleviate hunger. On September 12th, Ocean Beauty will be receiving a special Hungers Hope Award at America's Second Harvest's National Conference in Baltimore. The company has led the seafood industry in helping to alter the balance of quality food and nutrition for hungry Americans.

"We congratulate Ocean Beauty Seafoods for their invaluable work toward ending hunger in America," said Shelly Elfstrom, America's Second Harvest food sourcing. "This dedicated company has donated a wide variety of products, as well as services, logistical support, and project funding to build a solid, sustainable source of seafood for hunger relief."

During the last twelve years America's seafood producers have become a national force in the fight against hunger, through their partnerships with SeaShare. Their steadily increasing seafood product donations provide a needed source of high-value protein for the people served by America's Second Harvest affiliates.

"In 2004 alone, the products they donate will provide over 16 million seafood meals," said Elfstrom. "Though many individual companies contribute generously to this effort, at the awards banquet we want to recognize Ocean Beauty's unusual depth of commitment to help end domestic hunger."

"We are proud of the work we do on behalf of America's Second Harvest. Our contributions are not only in donations, but also in providing workable programs to provide food for hungry Americans. At Ocean Beauty, we always are looking for ways to be careful stewards of our resources and to give back to the communities we serve," said Mark Palmer, Ocean Beauty executive vice president - operations & sales.

Ocean Beauty is the largest producer of value-added Alaska Wild Salmon in North America and one of the largest global seafood companies in the United States. Ocean Beauty has shown its ongoing commitment to the Alaska Salmon industry by expanding its capacity to produce value-added Wild Salmon items in its plants at Alitak and Excursion Inlet. The company has been operating in the Alaska salmon business since 1930. Ocean Beauty now showcases eight shore-based salmon production facilities, providing employment to over 4,000 residents. The company continues its tradition of growth with the development of new and exciting products for today's seafood consumer. The capacity to produce a high-quality once-frozen Wild Alaska Salmon fillet will give Ocean Beauty the ability to grow consumer awareness of the health and taste benefits of Wild Alaska Salmon. In addition, at a time when others have retreated from the canned salmon market, Ocean Beauty has been dramatically expanding its capacity in that product form as well. For more information on Ocean Beauty, its long history in Alaska and diverse product line, please visit www.oceanbeauty.com.

America's Second Harvest is the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization with a national network of more than 200 regional food banks and food-rescue programs, serving all 50 states and Puerto Rico. It distributes 1.4 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually. America's Second Harvest's network supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies, operating more than 94,000 food programs, including food pantries, soup kitchens, women's shelters, Kids Cafes, Community Kitchens. These local organizations provide emergency food assistance to 23 million hungry Americans, including more than nine million children and almost three million seniors each year. For more information, visit the web site at www.secondharvest.org.