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Coast shrimpers help fill local food banks during COVID with help from grant
Alyssa Newton, The Sun Herald
Dec. 24 The holidays are a time when people come together. Although COVID-19 has led to a lack In physical gatherings, it hasn t stopped the kindness and generosity on the Coast.
Three organizations, Extra Table, Catch Together and Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United, came together to not only feed hundreds of people In Mississippi, but also help the local shrimpers on the Coast.
In June, The Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United (MCFU) collected 1,500 pounds of king mackerel left over from a Biloxi fishing tournament and teamed up with the hunger relief organization Extra Table to clean, fillet and distribute the 1,500 pounds fish. ....

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