by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 2, 2025 | Coastal State, Coastal State, News, Research, Sustainable Seafood
With the global prices for sea urchin roe, known as “uni,” reaching up to $60 per pound, the aquaculture industry is increasingly looking to sea urchin farming as a profitable product. Rhode Island’s shellfish and kelp farmers are among those...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 23, 2024 | News, Research
Rhode Island Sea Grant’s core mission is to integrate research, extension, communications, legal, and workforce development activities to improve understanding and just and sustainable use and management of Rhode Island’s coastal and marine ecosystems....
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 4, 2024 | Coastal Communities, Coastal State, Coastal State, News, Research
As Rhode Island navigates the future of its marine industries, new research sheds light on the opportunities and challenges of multi-use marine in environments for an often overlooked demographic–small coastal business owners. Dr. David Bidwell and Dr. Tiffany Smythe...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 16, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Datasets from nearly four decades of research on Rhode Island’s marine and estuarine ecosystems from the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Mapping and Paleomagnetics Laboratory (CMPL) are now available through a new website to support ongoing research and...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 23, 2024 | Events, News, Research
The group of over 40 people gathered on a narrow walkway at Barrington Town Beach drew quizzical looks from passersby. Perhaps it was the large posterboard showing aerial views of Barrington shoreline access points, or perhaps it was the sight of the town’s planning...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jul 24, 2024 | News, Research
Temperature and interactions with other types of phytoplankton appear to indicate heightened domoic acid risk from Pseudo-nitzschia Harmful algal blooms closed portions of Narragansett Bay to shellfish harvesting twice in the last decade—once in September 2016 and...
