by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 7, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
A slide showing two different sets of eelgrass plants glowed on the screen. The set on the left seemed stunted and short. The set on the right had willowy, long shoots. If you knew nothing about eelgrass, you might conclude that the plants on the right were the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 1, 2018 | Events, News
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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 25, 2018 | News, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
By Meredith Haas Narragansett Bay today is not what it once was 100, or even 10, years ago. Coastal development and growing populations over time have meant changes to the bay’s geography and a greater influx of nutrients, such as nitrogen, as well as metals and other...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 2, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
If attendees at the Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium were united by a concern about the health of Narragansett Bay, some were divided about what exactly is happening and why. That was evident in the stakeholder segment of the program. The five-member panel...
