More than 1,000 seafood companies were beneficiaries of an estimated $911 million in payroll loans as part of a US government program to aid businesses struggling during the lengthy coronavirus lockdown.

1,000 companies, $900 million: Here's a searchable database of seafood companies that received US paycheck loans
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The Paycheck Protection Payment (PPP) loans -- part of the behemoth bailout the US government created for vulnerable companies to retain employees during the height of the coronavirus lockdown -- allowed companies to borrow money from lending institutions to cover eight weeks of staff payroll.