by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 9, 2021 | News, ocean planning, Uncategorized
Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to have an operational offshore wind farm in 2016 after an extensive planning process that identified an optimal location and addressed environmental, technical, and logistical concerns and user conflicts. Today,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 2, 2021 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Webinar features speakers from East Greenwich, North Kingstown, and the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association Join the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant for the third in a series of free webinars this summer on...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 13, 2021 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized
Sea level rise is happening and is threatening Rhode Island’s low-lying coastal communities with higher than normal tides and storm surges that are flooding local roads, businesses, and homes. “You don’t need to wait 20, 30, or 50 years,” says...
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...
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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 29, 2019 | News, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
The teams arrived at the Warwick Career and Technical Center from around Rhode Island, chopping and searing, sauteing and frying, and turning out grey sole dishes from fish tacos to sliders, to the fancier grey sole with chermoula sauce. In the end, the winning recipe...
