Catching a Break

Catching a Break FISHERMEN, OYSTER GROWERS EXPLORE NEW MARKETS AS COVID TRANSFORMS SEAFOOD INDUSTRY By Kate Masury | Photographs by Jesse Burke Cover Image: Briana and James Leonard market their catch to customers through social media and their website, which includes...

Serving Up Rhode Island Seafood

Serving Up Rhode Island Seafood Recipes for Preparing Local Fish Recipes from the F/V Briana James | Photography Monica Allard Cox To encourage people to try their hand at preparing Rhode Island seafood, local fishers James and Briana Leonard have shared recipes,...

Cage Fight

Cage Fight OYSTER FARMERS FACE OFF AGAINST OBJECTORS TO THEIR EXPANSION PLANS By Ellen Liberman | Photographs by Jesse Burke THERE IS PEACE ON THE POND. The winter sun spreads its milky light on the water and its warmth on the faces of Jennifer Scappatura and her...

Green Grab Cuisine

Green Grab Cuisine A CULINARY SOLUTION TO INVASIVE SPECIES By Todd McLeish | Photographs by Marianne Lee WHEN CATHERINE PUCKETT WORKED FOR THE BLOCK ISLAND SHELLFISH COMMISSION  in the early 2000s, part of the island’s shellfish management plan involved trapping and...