NY Sea Grant Announces Freshwater “Seafood” Summit for Anglers, Baitfish Producers, Charter Captains, Aquaculture Industry

by Submitted article | February 11, 2025 9:51 am

New York Sea Grant will hold a freshwater-focused New York Seafood Summit on March 3, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Cornell University AgriTech in Geneva, New York, for anglers fishing for food, baitfish producers, charter captains, and those rearing freshwater fish to stock the recreational fishery and as a food source. Attendance is free. The Finger Lakes Institute is providing support for this event. Registration and more information are available at www.nyseagrant.org/seafoodsummit.

The agenda for the event includes:
. a freshwater fisheries and angling research panel with noted researchers, including Susan Cushman, Ph.D. with expertise is in stream and fish ecology. She is a past president of both the New York Chapter and Northeastern Division of the American Fisheries Society;

. a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation update on its recreational angling and fisheries management activities;

. information on food safety and fish consumption and how the New York State Department of Health monitors contaminants to issue consumption advisories when needed;

. an industry spotlight on one of New York’s seafood businesses;

. a Seafood Summit resource fair with fish and seafood nutrition, safety, and sustainability information available from New York Sea Grant and the New York State Department of Health; and a seafood tasting.

New York Sea Grant holds a series of annual Seafood Summits at locations statewide to foster active communication, collaboration, and productive relationships among the freshwater and marine fish and seafood industries.

New York Sea Grant is a cooperative extension program of Cornell University and the State University of New York and among a nationwide network of 34 university-based programs working with coastal communities under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Sea Grant College Program. Learn more at www.nyseagrant.org. # # #

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