by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 25, 2018 | News, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
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 toxins. These...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 24, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
Lobsters with shell disease, fewer crabs, less kelp, a water column seemingly devoid of life. More productivity in the open ocean than in Narragansett Bay. A correlation of this decline with reductions to wastewater treatment plant effluent discharges. Organisms...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 15, 2018 | Coastal Communities, News
That “pool” smell that may trigger fond memories for some while nauseating others isn’t from chlorine. It’s from chloramines, chemicals formed from chlorine reacting with other elements, such as ammonia—a component of sweat and urine. Bad news for avid pool-goers....
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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 2, 2018 | News, Sustainable Seafood
By Alex Kuffner | Courtesy of the Providence Journal[divider style=”solid” color=”#eeeeee” width=”1px”] At the Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium held in December, some fishermen complained that the dwindling algae blooms are making...
