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Article: Alaska Airlines Delivers Season's First Copper River Salmon to Seattle at Daybreak.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 26, 2008
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Alaska Airlines delivered the season's first shipment of Copper River salmon to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport this morning and expects to transport about 20,000 pounds of the coveted fish by day's end. The arrival of Copper River salmon is anticipated every year by seafood lovers in a growing number of U.S. cities and points worldwide (see also
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The high bidder in a special Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan(TM) auction met the flight and received the ceremonial first salmon, along with a travel and prize package plus other amenities. The online auction benefits Alaska Airlines Charity Miles, and the winner chose the Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...