Inspired by presentations and conversations generated at the Rhode Island Sea Grant Baird Science Symposium, Rhode Island PBS will be hosting a panel to further discuss changes in Narragansett Bay.
Fishermen complain that bureaucrats have over-treated Narragansett Bay and damaged their livelihood. Scientists say the Bay is healthier than it has been in decades. With the improvements in treating wastewater and controlling storm runoff, some are asking a question that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago about what is arguably Rhode Island’s most valuable natural resource: is Narragansett Bay too clean?
Last month, everyone came together to discuss the changes in Narragansett Bay for Rhode Island PBS’s Community Conversations.
Panelists:
- Al Eagles has been lobstering since he was ten. He built his own boat forty-five years ago and it’s the same one he uses today.
- Lanny Dellinger is also a lobsterman. He started quahogging in high school in the 1970s and started lobstering in Rhode Island Sound in the 1990s.
- Candace Oviatt is an oceanography professor at URI and the first woman to earn a doctorate degree from URI’s School of Oceanography. She’s been studying the inner workings of the bay for more than fifty years.
- Jonathan Stone is the executive director of Save the Bay.
Watch:
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