"UNH Helps Feed Seacoast By Donating Locally Grown Fish to Gather Food Pantry"

"The Center for Sustainable Seafood Systems at the University of New Hampshire has donated close to 60 pounds of smoked steelhead trout to Gather, a nonprofit that helps feed those experiencing hunger in New Hampshire’s Seacoast and southern Maine. The responsibly grown fish is a product of UNH's AquaFort, a floating aquaculture platform located off the coast of New Hampshire.

“We’re really excited to see our locally grown fish make a difference in solving the problem of hunger through the good work being done at Gather,” says David Fredriksson, professor of ocean engineering and director of the Center for Sustainable Seafood System at UNH. “We feel it is an important part of our operation to donate high quality, locally sourced food that is conscientiously cultivated while we work toward developing a sustainable local aquaculture system.”

UNH partnered with Gather to help provide a source of fish that could be more accessible to those dealing with food insecurities." Read more