by Isabella Carmichael | Aug 20, 2026 | Coastal Communities, News, Sustainable Seafood
Whether you’re interested in digging quahogs along the shoreline or simply curious about the shellfish that live in Rhode Island’s coastal waters, recreational shellfishing offers a unique way to experience the Ocean State’s marine environment. Rhode...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
Courtesy of URI TodayBy Todd McLeish KINGSTON, R.I. – August 25, 2020 – Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits and matching masks, University of Rhode Island students Cara Megill and Jacqui Roush stood at Conimicut Point in Warwick and flipped a switch to begin pumping...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
Courtesty of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America If you need to clean up a waterway, plant an oyster farm. Oysters have been shown to improve water quality by removing nitrogen and other nutrients that in...