Cornell AgriTechProgram Highlights Opportunities to Enhance New York’s Aquaculture and Seafood Production
From the NYS Sea Grant, pictured are aquaculture tanks at LocalCoho, Auburn, NY
Ithaca, New York. New York Sea Grant and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability are partnering to bring a Seafood Summit to New York’s upstate region on March 5, 2024. Seafood professionals and those vested in enhancing access and opportunities to and for New York’s aquaculture and seafood industries are welcome at the event to be held at Cornell AgriTech’s Jordan Hall at 630 W. North Street in Geneva, New York. Attendance at the Seafood Summit is free; however, registration is requested at www.nyseagrant.org/seafoodsummit. For more information, contact New York Sea Grant Seafood Safety and Technology Specialist Michael Ciaramella, Ph.D. at mc2544@cornell.edu or 631-824-4746.
The 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. program will include industry spotlights, agency updates on food safety and processing, opportunities for networking across the diverse sectors associated with farm-raised and wild-harvested seafood, a tour of the Cornell Food Venture Center, and local seafood tasting. Presentations will include information on value-added food production and resources to help start-ups with safety protocols, process development, regulatory compliance, and incubator/accelerator opportunities.
Those attending the 2024 Seafood Summit will meet Ciaramella and New York Sea Grant Aquaculture Specialist Barry Udelson, and learn about the extension resources that New York Sea Grant and Cornell Cooperative Extension provide to the marine and freshwater seafood industries, including seafood and aquaculture science and technology curricula and lesson plans, seafood handling and HACCP (hazard analysis critical control point) training; marketing and processing resources; and links to seafood and aquaculture-focused professional networks, academic organizations; and state and federal regulatory agencies.
“These annual Seafood Summits provide those with a vested interest in the success of New York”s aquaculture and seafood industries an opportunity to share the latest research, safety standards, and best practices for freshwater and marine seafood production, and value-added marketing innovations to promote New York seafood to consumers, restaurants, and other buyers; as well as to share the challenges facing these unique industries,” said Ciaramella.
“The wide range of experts and entrepreneurs at this year’s Seafood Summits will be an opportunity to celebrate ingenuity and innovation,” said David Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. “Cornell Atkinson is honored to be a partner for the 2024 Seafood Summit series.”
New York Sea Grant and partners will earlier hold Seafood Summits on February 16 at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County in Riverhead, New York, and on February 27 at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, along with the Center for Aquatic Animal Research & Management and Choose Local F.I.S.H.
The outcome of these annual Seafood Summits helps guide the development of relevant research and extension programming to benefit New York’s seafood and aquaculture industries. Learn more at www.nyseagrant.org/seafoodsummit.
New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York and one of 34 university-based programs under the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program. Its statewide network integrates research, education, and extension services focused on coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and citizen awareness and understanding about New York’s marine and Great Lakes resources. Learn more at www.nyseagrant.org.
