by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 3, 2025 | News, Research, Sustainable Seafood
Over 1,000 tons of microplastics have accumulated in the top five centimeters of the seafloor in Narragansett Bay. This puts seabed-dwelling organisms—and the predators that rely on them—at growing risk of exposure. With support from Rhode Island Sea Grant, University...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 1, 2025 | News, Sustainable Seafood
Registration Opens December 1 DATES: Tuesday, January 20—Tuesday, April 28, 2026 (no class 2/17, 3/24 or 4/21)TIME: 6PM-8PMWHERE: University of Rhode Island Bay Campus/VirtualCOST: $250 Registration Registration is $250 and is open December 1, 2025–January 10, 2026....
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 30, 2025 | Coastal State, News, Research
New URI research offers a clearer picture of how pollution travels through the estuary. Microplastics are everywhere in coastal waters—from tiny fibers shed by clothing to fragments of degraded packaging. But their abundance isn’t uniform across a place as dynamic as...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 6, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized
Blue & You explores the intersection of climate risk, infrastructure, and opportunity along our working waterfronts. WATERSON TERMINAL SERVICES,LLC, the operating company of ProvPort | COURTESY PROVPORT INC. | PBN News Rhode Island’s ports have long been engines...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 31, 2025 | Marine Law, News
Rhode Island Sea Grant Law Fellow Project Looks at Legal Options for Compromise The tiny piping plover that each summer nests on the shores of Northeast states is having a major impact on keeping residents of one New York City neighborhood from accessing their beach....
