02/24/2023
Participation is welcome in a Monkfish Market Analysis project, a joint effort of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County's Marine Program (CCE) and New York Sea Grant (NYSG).
Through this project, CCE is surveying commercial fishermen, seafood dealers, seafood processors, and consumers throughout the region to learn more about the monkfish industry and consumer awareness levels as well as identify potential marketing opportunities.
Please complete the survey(s) that apply to your user group or groups below …
— Consumers Survey: https://bit.ly/seafoodsurveyconsumers
— Fishermen Survey: https://bit.ly/seafoodsurveyfishermen
— Dealer/Processors Survey: https://bit.ly/seafoodsurveydealerprocessors
— Retailers Survey: https://bit.ly/seafoodsurveyretailers
To learn more about the project or to get involved, contact: Fisheries Specialist Tara McClintock at (631) 727-7850 x317 or taf4@cornell.edu.
Monkfish is an affordable, tasty and sustainable seafood option.
However, this fish remains underutilized in the U.S. In an effort to change this, CCE has partnered with seafood industry members, including NYSG, to make a region-wide effort to increase monkfish domestic demand through product development and audience expansion.
Inhabiting the waters of the Greater Atlantic region and caught by fishing fleets from Maine to North Carolina, Monkfish has firm, white, sweet-tasting meat akin to that of lobster. A historically weak foreign market and a lack of domestic demand has resulted in a boom in Monkfish population, making this delicious fish a more economical and sustainable choice than ever before.
For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org has Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, blog and RSS news feed links. Our program produces a e-newsletter, NY Coastlines/Currents, 2-3 times a year. You can e-sign up and access our archives at https://bit.ly/2P75cWo.
Tags: NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets; Seafood Nutrition Partnership; Long Island FISH; NYS Grown & Certified; Taste NY; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University; Cornell Cooperative Extension; Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program; Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County; National Sea Grant College Program; GrowNYC; NOAA Fisheries Service; NOAA Fisheries New England/Mid-Atlantic
