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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
We are the Landscape “We’re interrelated with the landscape; the name ‘Nahiganseck’ (later corrupted to Narragansett by Europeans) means ‘the people of the small points,’ which is describing the topography that we’re on that is adjacent to the ocean,” says Lorén...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2017 | Winter 2017
Rhode Island’s Resort Economy The ocean has always driven the Rhode Island economy, whether it be for fishing, commerce, recreation, or simply escaping the heat of summer. An economy strongly dependent on tourism is nothing new to Rhode Island. Summer people...
