A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still alive

Photo caption: Coho salmon swim in a large tank at LocalCoho salmon fish farm in Auburn, N.Y., on Jan. 24. Photo credit: Craig Ruttle / AP. Article by Michael Hill, Associated Press. NBC News – January 30, 2025. This article was originally published by AP News.

AUBURN, N.Y. — A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month — but it came with a catch. LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of Auburn, wanted to give 40,000 pounds of coho salmon to the Food Bank of Central New York, a mother lode of high-quality protein that could feed thousands of families. […]

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