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Rhode Island Sea Grant Welcomes New Director Tracey Dalton
Dr. Tracey Dalton to become Director of Rhode Island Sea Grant.
Summer Webinar Series Focuses on Public Shoreline Access in RI
The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant are hosting a series of free webinars this summer on issues...
RI Coastal Towns Need Your Flooding Photos
Vulnerable coastal communities are relying on photos submitted to the MyCoast app to identify places where resilience efforts are needed.
Winners of the 2021 Sea Grant-URI Research & Scholarship Photo Contest
1st Place“Baby Blue Maxima Clam” URI aquaculture and fisheries major Michael Corso ’24 of Medford, MA.The photograph is of a juvenile maxima. clam...
Northeast Sea Grant Call for Research Proposals on Offshore Renewable Energy & Communities
Sea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries partner to invest $1M+ to support research for the co-existence of ocean energy with Northeast fishing and coastal...
University of Rhode Island Sends Three Grads to D.C. for Sea Grant Knauss Fellowships
Recent grad students will spend 1 year in Washington D.C. working on ocean and coastal policy in Congress and the Executive branch.
RISG Call for Research Proposals: 2022-2024
Rhode Island Sea Grant is accepting research proposals that focus on rust tides and/or harmful algal blooms and application of multi-use marine spatial planning tools.
New Issue of 41˚N: Facing Adversity
In this issue, we explore the trials and tribulations Rhode Islanders have faced during this pandemic.
Can We Turn the Tide on the Problem of Plastics?
The problem is plastics don’t degrade, breaking down into ever finer pieces that become virtually impossible to recover – leaving them to alter coastal and ocean ecosystems in ways we have yet to understand.
In the Media
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 >>