Bristol Walking Tour Highlights Hidden Shoreline Access Gems—Including the People Who Care for Them

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jul 26, 2024 | Events, News, Uncategorized

Shoreline access signs sometimes disappear or are damaged or obscured. The town of Bristol has solved this problem at a number of their rights-of-way (ROWs) by installing granite markers—monoliths that go several feet into the ground and are carved with the words...

The Making of a Model

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 21, 2024 | News, Research, Uncategorized

Harmful algal blooms, which can make shellfish unsafe to harvest, have thankfully been rare in Narragansett Bay. Rhode Island Sea Grant is sponsoring research to better understand the conditions that contribute to these blooms. Scientists create models to help us...

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...

National Sea Grant College Program special issue of Oceanography features Rhode Island Sea Grant

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 1, 2024 | About Us, News, Uncategorized

Oceanography has recently published a special issue on “Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coastlines and People.”   URI Coastal Resources Center/Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Jennifer McCann and Sue Kennedy contributed a piece to this special issue...

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...

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,...