For immediate release *The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program* 15 June 2011 Contact: Abi Kwiecinski, Communications Assistant, kwie0005 at d.umn.edu <mailto:kwie0005 at d.umn.edu>, (218) 726-8710* * *Lake Superior Fish Recipe Contest* Lake herring pâté, anyone? Minnesota Sea Grant wants your best hors d'oeuvre recipe involving commercially caught fish from Lake Superior. These fish include whitefish, lake herring, ciscoes or lake trout. Enter online (http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/recipecontest) or send a copy of your fish hors d'oeuvre recipe to: Spilly's Lake Superior Recipe Contest Minnesota Sea Grant 144 Chester Park 31 West College Street Duluth, MN 55812 Photographs are encouraged. This contest is open to people who are not involved in the preparation of food or recipes for pay. Employees of the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and members of their households are also ineligible. Recipes must incorporate at least one ingredient derived from whitefish, lake herring, ciscoes, or lake trout. Recipes must reflect hors d'oeuvre portioning. All entries must be received electronically or postmarked by Monday, August 22, 2011. A full set of guidelines is available online or by request. Prizes will be awarded to the top five contestants. A People's Choice Award will be given to the recipe that receives the most online votes during the months of September and October. Spilly's Lake Superior Recipe Contest is being conducted in honor of Sea Grant Founder, Professor Athelstan Spilhaus and Lake Superior's commercial fisheries. Dr. Spilhaus would have celebrated his hundredth birthday this November. He felt strongly about using Earth's oceans and inland seas in a sustainable way. Visit Minnesota Sea Grant online for information: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/recipecontest ### Minnesota Sea Grant facilitates interaction among the public and scientists to enhance the environment and communities along Lake Superior and Minnesota's inland waters by identifying information needs, fostering research, and communicating results. Minnesota Sea Grant is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Minnesota. It is part of NOAA Sea Grant, a nationwide network of 32 similar science-based programs. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20110615/703a3740/attachment.html