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COASTWEEKS 2006 NARRAGANSETT—Fish consumption is on the rise as people learn more and more about the health benefits of eating seafood. But some commercially wild-caught stocks are already overfished, and traditional commercial fishing can’t meet our ever-increasing demand now, let alone in the future. So what’s being done to harvest stocks in a more sustainable manner? Can aquacultured stocks fill the demand in the interim and/or long term? To find out where our fish will come from in the future, join David Beutel, Rhode Island Sea Grant Sustainable Fisheries Extension specialist, for a lively discussion on “Fish for the Future: Where Will Our Fish Come From?” on Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope Street, Bristol. “Environmentally conscious people are sometimes confused about which seafood products are harvested in a sustainable manner,” says Beutel. This lecture will include audience participation about sustainable seafood and will discuss the various commercial fishing and aquaculture practices that are evolving to promote a supply of sustainable seafood. Different methods, locations, and their environmental impacts will also be described. Beutel’s lecture is the last presentation in the annual Summer Community Lecture Series sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant and URI Cooperative Extension/Nutrition and Food Sciences Department. It also is part of the annual Coastweeks Celebration. The lecture is free, but seating is limited, so reservations are required. For reservations, more information, or to obtain a free copy of the Coastweeks calendar of events, call the Sea Grant Communications Office at (401) 874-6842, or visit http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/Coastweeks. ### Return to News |