by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 2, 2022 | Fall/Winter22
Kelp On The Cusp Powdered, Pickled, or Brewed, the Savory Seaweed May Finally Be Having Its Moment By Ellen Liberman| Photographs by Jesse Burke Catherine Puckett’s kelp farm spans 2 and a half acres of Block Island’s Great Salt Pond. Eight longlines, suspended...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 2, 2022 | Fall/Winter22
Saving an Endangered Species and Iconic Fishery By Meredith Haas| Contributions from Hugh Markey The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Escanaba was transiting through Cape Cod Bay, seemingly alone, on a calm and cloudy day in late summer 2011. It was mid-day when a dark head...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 8, 2019 | Spring/Summer 2019
A Bite of the Ocean It’s August, and we’re finally getting a day without stifling humidity. The flowers outside Chef Rizwan Ahmed’s home seem renewed by the recent rain. The decline in temperatures means the chef can entertain with the windows open, a gentle breeze...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 8, 2019 | Spring/Summer 2019
Simmering the Sea Singing the Praises of Under-loved Ocean Animals Imagine that you are in your favorite seafood restaurant, hungrily awaiting the first course of the evening meal. The server arrives carrying a tray: “Who had the chowder with limpets? And the razor...
