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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 7, 2024 | Coastal State, Coastal State, 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,...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
