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RISMP Seminar Series: Clamming Classes

clamming 101

Participants dig for clams during the RISMP’s first Clamming 101 Class on Point Judith Pond. Photo by Melissa Devine.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our first Clamming 101 class on July 23rd at Point Judith Pond!

Pictures from the event are up on the Rhode Island Sea Grant Facebook Page. Check them out! For more images, visit our SMP Flickr Album, or see the Providence Journal’s photo gallery from photographer Frieda Squires.

Following the first class, our very own Azure Cygler went on the Rhode Show to talk about Clamming 101 and the Shellfish Management Plan. You can watch the interview on the WPRI website here.

Our next two events are scheduled for August 16th, and August 22nd. Unfortunately, both have filled up, but stay tuned–we’ll host one more shore-digging clamming class in September, and a tour of the Matunuck Oyster Farm is coming up soon.

For more information about events, contact the SMP Team at SMP@etal.uri.edu or call 401-874-6106.

RSVP for Chart Chats–Informing Rhode Island Use Maps Meeting on June 13th

Chart Chats: Informing ‘User Maps’ with Your Activities on the Water

Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 5pm to 7pm
Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane. Warwick, RI 02889

Click here for Chart Chats Meeting Information in PDF format.

Please join team members of the Rhode Island Shellfish Management Plan (SMP) during the Warwick Public Library’s Second Annual Quahoggers Jamboree. The SMP team will have an informal display of user maps. These maps were created in coordination with stakeholders through a series of public meetings over the past several months with the goal of illustrating the many different uses of our bays and ponds to minimize user conflict. Here’s your chance to view these maps, suggest changes or additions, and guide the next phase of the effort.

WHEN: Thursday, June 13th, 5pm-7pm (Open house–please drop in at any time!)
WHERE: Warwick Public Library, Small Meeting Room
Please RSVP to smp@etal.uri.edu and include the meeting date.

This meeting coincides with Warwick’s Second Annual Quahoggers Jamboree. The Jamboree, which is also at the Warwick Public Library on Thursday, June 13th, 2013 will run from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. You must register online for this event at http://www.warwicklibrary.org/.

Regional Event: Mussel Farming in New England Workshop May 17th

Mussel Farming in New England – status and opportunity updates

A workshop sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant, Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center, Roger Williams University and the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory.
When: Friday May 17th 2013 12:30 – 5:00 pm
Where: Hazard Room, Coastal Institute Bldg, University of Rhode Island Bay Campus
Directions

This workshop is intended for those with practical experience working on the water and who are interested in mussel farming. Opportunities for mussel farming expansion are in offshore waters where there are fewer potential conflicts and some logistical challenges. Speakers and attendees at this workshop will share their experience with at least 4 different offshore sites in New England over the last 12 or so years. We are fortunate to have a veteran of the mussel farming industry in New Zealand give a presentation with insights into developing an industry here.

View or download the workshop agenda.

Please note: this event has not been organized by the SMP Team. To register for the workshop or for more information email or call Scott Lindell (Director, Scientific Aquaculture Program, Marine Biological Laboratory)  – slindell@mbl.edu or 508-289-7097.

 

May 15th Stakeholder Meeting and Seminar Series Lecture: Time Changed

May Stakeholder Meeting and Seminar Series Lecture
May 15th, 5pm to 7pm
May 15th

Please join us on Wednesday, May 15th from 5 – 7pm, in Corless Auditorium, URI-GSO Narragansett Bay Campus for the third RI Shellfish Management Plan (SMP) Stakeholder Meeting.

The purpose of the meeting will be to provide an update of the SMP, including the plan’s progress, on-going projects, and proposed next steps. In addition, we will host the 3rd Seminar in our SMP Seminar Series entitled: “Room Enough For Everyone? Addressing User Conflicts in Narragansett Bay and the Coastal Ponds.” Our panelists will speak about the myriad of marine activities and audiences present in the Bay and ponds, many of them competing for the same spaces. How do we balance uses, needs, and future growth? Panelists will speak about the concept of “social carrying capacity” and possible strategies to minimize conflicts on the water. Your questions and discussion are highly encouraged. We hope you will join us and send this invitation to others you think would be interested in this topic.

For space considerations, please RSVP to smp@etal.uri.edu and be sure to include the meeting date.

Date: Wednesday, May 15
Time: 5 – 7 p.m.
Place: Corless Auditorium, Watkins Building
URI Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett Bay Campus
Directions to the Bay Campus. Watkins Building is number 27 on the map.

SMP Stakeholder Mapping Meeting: May 6th

SMP Stakeholder Mapping Meeting
Monday, May 6th, 4-6 pm
Kettle Pond Visitor Center, Charlestown

Throughout the SMP, there has been a strong request for action to address user-conflict issues among all stakeholders. In response, the SMP team has been hosting a series of meetings to document human activities within Narragansett Bay and the Coastal Ponds. The next meeting will be held on Monday, May 6th from 4-6 pm at Kettle Pond Visitor Center in Charlestown. The address and directions can be found here: http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/what-to-do/hiking/2135/kettle-pond-visitor-center/

Specifically, this meeting will give us the opportunity expand upon our understanding of how Rhode Island’s waters are used, identify user-conflicts, and further document human activities. All user information is valuable – recreational and commercial shellfishing, fin-fishing, kite surfing, boating, diving, etc. Please RSVP for this meeting to smp@etal.uri.edu, and be sure to include the meeting date.

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