21 SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY VALUE CREATION AND QUALITY SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING OUR TEAM MEMBERS Pacific Seafood continues to discover new and innovative ways to achieve whole fish utilization. Our teams are working closely with leading scientists on the development of a product using hydrolyzed fish protein. This fish protein is used to feed a strain of bacteria that in turn produces toxic proteins against mosquito larvae, providing a natural defense as mosquito-related illnesses increase globally. According to the World Mosquito Program, mosquito-borne diseases kill more than one million people and infect up to 700 million each year. With the demand for fish protein increasing, Pacific Seafood is continuing to work in close collaboration with scientists and engineers to further this research and development. REUSING RESOURCES Pacific Seafood is dedicated to expanding the use of each species we process. With our 100% fish utilization goal in mind, we transform bones, skin, and shells, or what we call “rest protein,” into usable fish meals and oil, fertilizer, pet food, and much more. This process prevents millions of pounds of waste from entering U.S. landfills. 2023 REST REUSED BY LOCATION PACIFIC BIO NEWPORT PACIFIC BIO WARRENTON MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES 23,198,418 POUNDS 43,507,601 POUNDS Mosquito Larvae Research Whiting Research Pacific Seafood continues to work with our partners at Oregon State University (OSU) to research the potential anti-aging effects of Pacific whiting, an abundant fish species found along the Western Coast of the United States. As part of our work with the OSU Seafood Research and Education Center in Astoria, Oregon, researchers found evidence to suggest the gelatin from Pacific whiting can prevent skin wrinkling caused by ultraviolet radiation. 1 million 700 million Kill more than Infect up to PEOPLE PER YEAR
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