rhodeislandseagrant@gmail.com
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
Rhode Island Sea Grant
  • ABOUT
    • Our Team
  • SUPPORT US
  • RESEARCH
  • OUR WORK
    • Coastal Resilience
    • Ocean Planning
    • Sustainable Seafood
    • Marine Law
    • Students
  • NEWS
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • SPECIAL PROGRAMS
    • Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium
    • Coastal State Discussion Series
    • Coastweeks
    • Seafood Cookoff
    • Research & Scholarship Photo Contest
Select Page
Law Clinic Engages Students in Block Island Coastal Resilience

Law Clinic Engages Students in Block Island Coastal Resilience

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 6, 2024 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Students

The Block Island Ferry terminal is vulnerable to threats from climate change, such as increased storms and rising sea levels.   On a sunny Tuesday morning in late June, students from the Roger Williams University School of Law Marine Affairs Institute’s Coastal...
With Marinas Filling Up, How Can RI Preserve Space for Working Boats?

With Marinas Filling Up, How Can RI Preserve Space for Working Boats?

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 13, 2024 | Marine Law, News, Uncategorized

Commercial Users’ Access to Rhode Island Marinas: A Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program Research Summary   The competition for marina slips has become challenging in Rhode Island, in part due to the surge in recreational boating during the Covid-19 pandemic. A...
Offshore Wind Developers Set Up Compensation Funds to Offset Harms to Fishers, Coastal Communities

Offshore Wind Developers Set Up Compensation Funds to Offset Harms to Fishers, Coastal Communities

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 1, 2024 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Uncategorized

Recent legal research examines the various compensation programs offered by offshore wind developers to communities in southern New England. As offshore wind farms are developed along the East Coast and even more are proposed, communities may want to understand the...
RI Sea Grant sends four grads to D.C. for Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

RI Sea Grant sends four grads to D.C. for Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 20, 2023 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News, Students

Recent grad students will work for a year on ocean and coastal policy in Congress and the Executive branch Four graduate students representing the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University were recently awarded John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships...
Coastal Resilience Overlays for Bristol County

Coastal Resilience Overlays for Bristol County

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 3, 2022 | Marine Law, News, Students

Coastal resilience overlays may be a useful tool in helping communities become more resilient.  Rising sea levels and extreme storms due to climate change are predicted to flood coastal communities and businesses, and cut off vital emergency access in the coming...
Municipal Parking and Public Shoreline Access

Municipal Parking and Public Shoreline Access

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 12, 2022 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News

By Erica Meier Availability of parking near public rights-of-way to the shoreline is key to allowing meaningful access, but it’s also a source of conflict between coastal community residents and non-residents. Each municipality in Rhode Island handles parking...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

News

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky
  • LinkedIn

Newsletter

Stay connected through our monthly newsletter, Ocean and Coastal News. >>

Rhode Island’s Ocean and Coastal Magazine

Shoreline Access

Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and University of Rhode Island logos
  • News
  • Research
  • About
  • Students
  • Coastal Resilience
  • Marine Law
  • Sustainable Seafood
  • Baird Symposium
  • Coastweeks
  • Coastal State Discussion Series
  • Our Team
  • Publications
220 South Ferry Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882 | (401) 874-6805 | rhodeislandseagrant@gmail.com | Copyright ©2023 Rhode Island Sea Grant. All rights reserved.