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Now Accepting Applications for 2024 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
The National Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications for the 2024 Fellowship program. Knauss Fellows will spend a year in Washington, D.C., in the federal Legislative or Executive branch working on policy and management issues that affect ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and the people that depend on them.
Toxic Diatom Concern for Emerging Harmful Algal Blooms
New study finds that Narragansett Bay managers and shellfish harvesters should prepare for more severe harmful algal blooms in the future as changes in species composition and climate may increase favorable conditions for domoic acid production in Narragansett Bay and along the Northeast Atlantic.
Working Together for Resilience: Common Fence Point
To reduce erosion and improve habitat the Common Fence Point community worked together to plant native plants along the shore.
An Armchair Tour of Bristol Shoreline Access
This granite marker denotes the public shoreline right-of-way at Gibson Street in Bristol.Rhode Island has over 200 rights-of-way to the shore, and...
$65K Funding Opportunity
RI Sea Grant funding opportunity to support the development of interdisciplinary research teams and research projects that relate to relevant marine and coastal issues.
Webinar Features Narragansett Coastal Access Efforts
The Narragansett Town Council, in 2021, allowed parking at three CRMC shoreline rights-of-way in Point Judith, and established the Coastal Access...
Coastal Resilience Overlays for Bristol County
Coastal resilience overlays may be a useful tool in helping communities become more resilient.
Capstone Experience Connects URI Students, Coastal Communities
URI students from a variety of disciplines come together to propose solutions for improving coastal resilience in real-world situations.
Municipal Parking and Public Shoreline Access
Availability of parking near public rights-of-way to the shoreline is key to allowing meaningful access, but it’s also controversial.
In the Media
Eating oysters is good for the environment, according to a pair of Narragansett Bay-centric experts. Scientists Robinson Fulweiler of Boston University and Christopher Kincaid from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography shared their latest findings during a recent webinar. Read more >>
A two-part webinar series that will engage northeast recreational anglers, boaters, and climate experts. They will discuss how climate change is affecting traditional uses — both good and bad. Read more >>
What portion of the shoreline is open to everybody, and what portion is private property? Dennis Nixon, professor emeritus of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island, characterized the goal as “restoring what was taken from the public” in 1982, when the Rhode Island Supreme Court sided with a homeowner who claimed that his property extended to the mean high tide line. Read more >>
Recent research has found access to Rhode Island’s shoreline and the amenities it offers differs between demographic groups. Rhode Island Sea Grant hosted a webinar on June 30 webinar in partnership. with Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and focused on shoreline access as an environmental-justice issue. Read more >>
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography are learning more about a microscopic organism that, despite its tiny size, can have a major impact, closing shellfisheries and making people sick. Read more >>
House approves bill to study shoreline access
The resolution (2021-H 5469A) creates a 12-member special legislative commission to study and provide recommendations on the issues relating to lateral access along the Rhode Island shoreline, with a goal of reporting back to the General Assembly next spring. Read more >>
Over 130 people participated in the webinar. The “Learning As We Go” session addressed “Effects on the Food Web” and featured two guest speakers who have studied offshore wind farms in Europe for a number of years. Read more >>
How RI’s Shellfish Industry is Innovating During Coronavirus
Turning the wind’s kinetic energy into electrical power is gaining popularity, so much so that 2,000 offshore wind turbines could be erected off the East Coast in the next 10 years. Read more >>
The term “blue economy” has been popping up in headlines and economic outlines with increasing frequency during the past 10 years. Read more >>
Events
30
Nov.
Knauss Listening Session: Intro. to RI Sea Grant
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13
Dec.
Knauss Listening Session: Application Process
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3
Jan.
Knauss Listening Session: Q&A
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