New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Fisheries and Ecosystem Health Specialist Stacy Furgal holds a lake trout — a popular food fish species for recreational anglers — before its release back to the water as part of a fisheries research project.

New York Sea Grant and the Finger Lakes Institute will hold a freshwater-focused New York Seafood Summit from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at Cornell University AgriTech in Geneva 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. Registration and more information are available at www.nyseagrant.org/seafoodsummit.

The agenda for the event includes: a freshwater fisheries and angling research panel; 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 aquatic foods businesses; a 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 tasting.

New York Sea Grant Seafood Safety and Technology Specialist Michael Ciaramella, Ph.D., NYSG Aquaculture Specialist Barry Udelson, and NYSG Great Lakes Fisheries and Ecosystem Health Specialist Stacy Furgal organized this Freshwater Seafood Summit. It is the first of three statewide Seafood Summits developed 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.