New York Sea Grant has been coordinating a Seafood Processing and Marketing Task Force with Federal, State, and Local agencies, industry groups and extension personnel to address hurdles and opportunities for alternative marketing strategies for seafood in NY State. 

While a variety of resources exist outlining best practices and alternative strategies for marketing seafood products, the specifics of marketing within every state varies significantly due to differences in infrastructure and regulations. Using existing resources and reviewing currently regulatory requirements and guidelines the task force has created a series of resource guides that outline the requirements for processing and marketing seafood in New York.

The resources developed include three regulatory guides and 9 supplementary resources that provide more detail on the strategies and requirements outlined in the regulatory guides.  

All 12 resources are currently under review and will be made available here later this year. Once available a webinar will be scheduled to introduce the resources and address user questions.

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Guides 1-8

Seafood Guide 1: New York Food Labeling Requirements | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 2: Enhancing Seafood Safety and Marketability | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 3: Seafood HACCP | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 4: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 5: Sanitation | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 6: Allergens and Cross-Contact | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 7: Marketing Seafood | PDF (Coming Soon)

Seafood Guide 8: Best Practices for Seafood Delivery and Mailing | PDF (Coming Soon)

Regulatory Guides

Regulatory Guide to Marketing Farmed Seafood in New York | PDF (Coming Soon)

Regulatory Guide to Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish Marketing in New York | PDF (Coming Soon)

Regulatory Guide to Marketing Wild Caught Seafood in New York | PDF (Coming Soon)

Other Guides

Opportunities for Seafood Marketing and Sales on Long Island | PDF (Coming Soon)


More Info: New York Sea Grant

New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York (SUNY), is one of 34 university-based programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.

Since 1971, NYSG has represented a statewide network of integrated research, education and extension services promoting coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability and citizen awareness and understanding about the State’s marine and Great Lakes resources.

Through NYSG’s efforts, the combined talents of university scientists and extension specialists help develop and transfer science-based information to many coastal user groups—businesses and industries, federal, state and local government decision-makers and agency managers, educators, the media and the interested public.

The program maintains Great Lakes offices at Cornell University, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Oswego and the Wayne County Cooperative Extension office in Newark. In the State's marine waters, NYSG has offices at Stony Brook University in Long Island, Brooklyn College and Cornell Cooperative Extension in NYC and Kingston in the Hudson Valley.

For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube links. NYSG offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines for its flagship publication, NY Coastlines/Currents, which is published quarterly. Our program also produces an occasional e-newsletter,"NOAA Sea Grant's Social Media Review," via its blog, www.nyseagrant.org/blog.