High School Students Compete in Seafood Cook-Off

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 29, 2023 | Events, News, Sustainable Seafood

Warwick Area Career & Technical Center’s Tides Café to host; public is invited WARWICK, R.I.—Student culinary teams from six high schools across Rhode Island will be competing in the 2023 Rhode Island High School Seafood Cookoff, hosted by the Warwick Area...

Announcing the Partnership for Research Excellence in Sustainable Seafood (PRESS) Request for Proposals (RFP)

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 8, 2023 | News, Sustainable Seafood

Click for RFP The Partnership for Research Excellence in Sustainable Seafood (PRESS) initiative announces an RFP that provides a mechanism of funding allowing a nimble and rapid response to critical issues in the Rhode Island seafood sector through interdisciplinary,...

“Infinity Fish”: Preserving Ocean Resources for Future Generations

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 30, 2021 | News, Sustainable Seafood

By Monica Allard-CoxContributions by Allie Shinskey Fish are more valuable than diamonds, according to economist Rashid Sumaila. He made this case to a skeptical audience at a conference in Namibia. ̀Diamonds, he told the conference attendees, are not a renewable...

Eat the Invaders

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 5, 2020 | News, Sustainable Seafood

October is National Seafood Month – a distinction proclaimed by Congress over 30 years century ago to recognize one of our nation’s oldest industries. Government figures show that nationwide, the seafood industry supports 1.2 million jobs contributes $61 billion...

Where Do All the Microplastics Go?

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized

Courtesy of URI TodayBy Todd McLeish KINGSTON, R.I. – August 25, 2020 – Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits and matching masks, University of Rhode Island students Cara Megill and Jacqui Roush stood at Conimicut Point in Warwick and flipped a switch to begin pumping...

Oysters Clear the Waters, but Do They Muddy the Soil?

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized

Courtesty of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America If you need to clean up a waterway, plant an oyster farm. Oysters have been shown to improve water quality by removing nitrogen and other nutrients that in...