by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 21, 2021 | Spring/Summer 2021
Whaling Captains of Color America's First Meritocracy By Skip Finley By Monica Allard Cox Whaling was not a profession most crew members would choose if they had better options. Skip Finley paints a harrowing picture of whaling and how its very nature—dangerous,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 22, 2020 | Fall 2020
In Times of Hardship, Saved by the Sea By Sarah Schumann | Portraits by Jesse Burke SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A WOMAN APPROACHED MY TABLE as I offered seafood for sale at a Providence farmers market. Instead of gravitating towards the gleaming fillets of striped bass...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 17, 2020 | Spring 2020
The Birth of Ocean Science in Rhode Island By Stephen Hale | Illustrations by H.A.Ogden, courtesy of Harvard University Alexander Agassiz in 1896. Agassiz launched the first Rhode Island marine lab in 1877. Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Comparative Zoology...
