by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 2, 2022 | Fall/Winter22
Into The Deep: Book Review A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic By Monica Allard Cox Bob Ballard knows most people only remember him for discovering the Titanic. He also knows that some of his colleagues, former bosses, and academic rivals think he is an...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 22, 2020 | Fall 2020
The Outlaw Ocean: Book Review JOURNEYS ACROSS THE LAST UNTAMED FRONTIER By Ian Urbina By Monica Allard Cox | Photographs courtesy of The Outlaw Ocean Project THERE IS A STORY YOU KNOW—say, the controversy surrounding Japanese “research” whaling in the Antarctic. Then...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 22, 2020 | Fall 2020
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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 11, 2019 | Spring/Summer 2019
The Graying of the Bay There’s a statue that stands in the courtyard of the Warwick Public Library. It’s an oversized depiction of a quahogger, rake in hand, two bulging bags of the shellfish by his side, and a Labrador Retriever for company. The statue is called “The...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 11, 2019 | Spring/Summer 2019
Meet the Apprentices “I couldn’t feel my hands and they hurt to bend. I had never used my hands that way before,” says Evan Adams, describing how he felt after his first week as a deckhand on the fishing vessel Harvest Moon out of Point Judith. “I didn’t want to do it...
