by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 13, 2019 | Fall 2019
Following the Fish Rhode Island Fishing Fleet Adapts to Species Shift By Annie ShermanTitle Photograph by Meredith Haas Black sea bass, once more common in the mid-Atlantic than off the coast of New England, has surged northward over the last 10 years to flood...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2017 | Winter 2017
Narragansett Bay Watershed Our natural systems provide myriad goods and services, but we often don’t think about exactly how valuable those goods and services are to our economy and society. We instinctively recognize cleaner water to play in, better fishing, and less...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 27, 2016 | Summer 2016
Artificial Reef | The Art and Science of Shellfish Restoration in the Providence River AT INDIA POINT PARK IN PROVIDENCE, DESPITE THE PICTURESQUE views of the bay, boats, and birds, it’s easy to see that nature has taken a pounding from the last few centuries of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 23, 2015 | Fall 2015
Book Review: The Devil’s Cormorant The cormorant’s reputation is, if nothing else, complicated. They are revered in Japan, where fishermen have used the birds under imperial protection for hundreds of years. They are reviled in Henderson Harbor, N.Y., where...
