Volume 2, Issue 2, 2004

This issue features a look at the challenges facing fisheries management.

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Features

Solomon's Work: Is Fisheries Management Sacrificing the Fishery to Save the Fish?
By Tony Corey
Rhode Island is taking new approaches to fisheries management by engaging fishermen in the challenge of managing their industry. And the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Sea Grant are providing an open forum to exchange ideas.

URI Scientists Report Greenwich Bay Fish Kill Not Unexpected
By Malia Schwartz
Results of a Sea Grant–sponsored study shed light on this past summer's fish kill in Greenwich Bay.

Rum-Runners' Rendezvous
By Stuart O. Hale
Stories of the rumrunning days during Prohibition on Narragansett Bay exist in every waterfront community. Excerpted from the book Narragansett Bay: A Friend's Perspective, this article recounts the tales, including the story of one of the most successful rumrunning boats in the Bay, the Black Duck.

My Great Uncle Was the Skipper of the Black Duck
By Keith Bettencourt
The Black Duck was one of the most infamous rumrunning ships in Narragansett Bay during Prohibition. As the great nephew of the Black Duck's skipper, Charles Travers, the author shares a unique perspective of this true tale.

Land-Use Survey Examines Preferences for Conservation vs. Conservation Policy
By Lisa DeProspo Philo and Robert Johnston
When voters are confronted with policies designed to achieve both conservation and development objectives, do residents actually vote for policies that lead to the land-use goals they support? A new survey shares some unexpected results.

In Brief

Kristen Fletcher takes the helm of new Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program
By Malia Schwartz

Managing a special area: Greenwich Bay planning a "joint effort"
By Monica Allard Cox

URI Marine Science Society: Taking classroom learning to "the next level"
By Jeni Menendez

Workshop creates teaching tools that sink and swim
By Monica Allard Cox

Knauss Fellow to tackle fisheries issues
By Monica Allard Cox

Nixon honored with lifetime achievement award
By Malia Schwartz

Planning advocate recognized for uniting towns to manage growth
By Monica Allard Cox

Rhode Island's marine economy is growing rapidly: URI expert says aquaculture, Quonset, marinas leading the way
By Todd McLeish

URI student tracks lobster migration and recovery
By Todd McLeish

This West Side story garners award for extension specialist
by Monica Allard Cox

Up to the Minute

Shark guide probes uncharted waters
By Monica Allard Cox