When an upstate New York salmon farm went out of business, nonprofits had days to find a way to catch, refrigerate and clean more than 13,000 fish.

An upstate New York salmon farm facing closure donated 13,000 live fish to a local food bank. With a tight deadline, volunteers and staff worked rapidly to capture, process, and freeze the salmon.

An upstate New York food bank was offered more than 40,000 pounds of coho salmon — a bountiful feast. But there was a catch. The fish were still swimming in their tanks at an area salmon farm that was going out of business.