Alaska seafood processor Trident Seafoods was awarded $22.4 million (€21.4 million) as part of a new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) pollock contract.

In total, the USDA awarded $25.9 million (€24.7 million) to three companies for the purchase of over 7.6 million pounds of various pollock products, including 1.4 million pounds of frozen fillets, 912,000 pounds of pollock nuggets and 5.3 million pounds of fish sticks.

The products will be used by the agency's National School Lunch program and Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs across the United States.