Category: Events of Interest

Exciting Upcoming Seafood Events!

The Armory Farmers Market, located on Parade St. at Hudson St. in the West End of Providence, opens for the 2016 summer season on Thursday, May 26!  There will be a Seafood Throwdown cooking competition, FREE and open to the public from 4-6pm. For more info click here.

On Saturday, June 25th at the Town Beach in North Kingstown there will be a New England Quahog Festival, this is a FREE community event.  For more info click here.

 

RI DEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife announces “Come Clam with Me” Schedule!

RIDEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced it’s ‘Come Clam with Me’ schedule! The dates are as follows:

June 6, 1pm-4pm in North Kingstown
June 21, 1pm-4pm in Bristol
July 19, 12:30pm-3:30pm in Bristol
August 4, 2pm-5pm in North Kingstown
August 19, 1:30pm-4:30pm in North Kingstown
September 17, 1pm-4pm in Warwick

Attached is the flyer and registration form which can be filled out on-line or printed and mailed. CCWM 2016 Registration Form. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and we ask that you only register for one date (first, second and third choices available). Please include all participants attending. Families with children 8 and older are welcome. An email confirmation with detailed directions will be sent to you once you are officially registered.

If you need further information, please contact Kimberly Sullivan or Jessica Pena at 401-539-0019.

The Aquatic Resource Education program cannot wait for the clamming season to begin!

Thank you,
Kimberly Sullivan
Principal Biologist – Freshwater Fisheries
Aquatic Resource Education Coordinator

High School Culinary Student to Compete in Seafood Cook-off

Monday, May 9, 3-5 PM at the Chariho Area Career and Technical Center
459 Switch Road Wood River Junction, RI

Shared on behalf of RI Sea Grant:
“Save the date for this second annual Rhode Island Seafood Cook-off for high school culinary students, hosted at Chariho Area Career and Technical Center.

Student teams from the Chariho Area Career & Technical Center, the Warwick Area Career & Technical Center, the Cranston Career & Technical Center, and William M. Davies, Jr. Career & Technical High School will be serving up their own original recipes for local mussels. The audience will vote for their favorite preparation, and the winning team will have their recipe featured at Trio restaurant in Narragansett, RI. They will also win their choice of lunch or dinner at 22Bowen’s restaurant, courtesy of Chef Casey Riley and the Newport Restaurant Group, and other prizes.

Robert Rheault, executive director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, will speak to the audience about the economic importance and environmental benefits of shellfish aquaculture, including farm-raised mussels, for Rhode Island.

The mussels for this event are donated by American Mussel Harvesters of North Kingstown, RI.

The event is free to attend, but RSVPs are required. Please call Rhode Island Sea Grant at (401) 874-6805 or email rhodeislandseagrant@gmail.com.

Sponsors of the 2016 Rhode Island Seafood Cook-off are the Chariho Area Career & Technical Center, Rhode Island Sea Grant, the URI Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, and the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.

PHOTO BY MATTHEW STAVRO“

8th Annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup

Matunuck Oyster Bay is sponsoring the 8th Annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup at East Matunuck State, Potters Pond, and Soccotash Salt Marsh.  The cleanup will last until 11:30 AM and refreshments will be offered after.

For more information click here.

South County Oyster Festival

The South County Oyster Festival will take place on May 1st at the Towers in Narragansett.  The festival is sponsored by the Matunuck Oyster Bar to benefit Dylan Murano and Childhood Apaxia.

“The Oyster Festival will have a rock climbing wall from Rock Spot Climbing sponsored by BankRI.  There will also be a silent auction with many great items including a complete wedding package, signed Patriots items, and much more. To visit the GoFundMe page for Dylan Murano click here.”

For tickets and more information click here.

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