Rhode Island Sea Grant Receives $234,000 for Advanced Aquaculture Training

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 14, 2024 | News, Sustainable Seafood

Rhode Island’s aquaculture industry provides over $6M annually in farm-gate value and employs nearly 400 people. Aquaculture is one of the state’s priority areas for economic vitality, but it faces many challenges to its continued growth. Recent, contentious lease...

Drivers of Toxic Algal Blooms in Narragansett Bay

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 7, 2024 | News, Research, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized

Recent research highlights influence of seasonal patterns in triggering neurotoxin production from phytoplankton species with implications for shellfish industry For the last seven years, researchers have been focused on a species of phytoplankton, Pseudo-nitzschia,...

Seaweed Aquaculture in Rhode Island

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 19, 2023 | News, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized

Webinar explores how – and why – to get into this growing industry Seaweed is used in everything from salad and nutritional supplements to personal care products to fish feed and even beer. Researchers are exploring its potential as a biofuel and a...

East Providence High School Career and Technical Center wins 2023 RI Seafood Cook-off

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 13, 2023 | News, Students, Sustainable Seafood

WARWICK, R.I.– The East Providence High School Career and Technical Center won the 2023 Rhode Island High School Seafood Cook-off for their lemon steamed summer flounder with Brussels sprout and apple slaw, sweet potato purée, blistered tomato, and aji amarillo sauce....

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...