Category: Events of Interest

Marine Environmental Science and Policy Lectures

Distinguished Visiting International Scholar Marine

Environmental Science and Policy

 

Ferreira

 

 

 

Joao G. Ferreira, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Engineering
New University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

 

COASTAL SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND FOOD SECURITY
Monday, April 13, 2015
4–5 p.m. Presentation with a reception to follow
Agnes G. Doody Auditorium, Swan Hall
URI Kingston Campus
Free and open to the public

MODELING ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AQUACULTURE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS
Thursday, April 16, 2015
4–5 p.m. Presentation with a reception to follow
Galanti Lounge, Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons
URI Kingston Campus
Free and open to the public

For more information, visit URI’s College of Engineering and the College of the Environment and Life Sciences websites.

Sponsors: Office of the Provost, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, College of Engineering

If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401.874.2014 at least five business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711.

Rhode Island Seafood Challenge 2015

Shared on behalf of Rhode Island Sea Grant

2015 Rhode Island Seafood Challenge

You are cordially invited to attend the
Rhode Island Seafood Challenge 2015.

The event is free, but seating is limited and a reservation is required.

DATE: Friday, April 10, 2015
TIME: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Johnson & Wales University, Harborside Campus
Harborside Academic Center Amphitheater
265 Harborside Boulevard, Providence, R.I. 02905

DETAILS:

For the second year in row, the Johnson & Wales University College of Culinary Arts (JWU) hosts the Rhode Island Seafood Challenge in partnership with the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation and Rhode Island Sea Grant.

This year, the focus of the Challenge is scup, also known as porgy, an underutilized species that is plentiful in the waters along the Atlantic coast, but not commonly found in local restaurants or prepared by home cooks.

Three teams of JWU culinary students will create, present, and test original recipes using scup, with a guest audience of other JWU students and the public. The audience will have the chance to taste each of the recipes and vote for their favorite. In addition, guest speakers, along with a panel of representatives from Rhode Island’s commercial fishing industry, will address the issues of sustainability which are vital to the region’s food system.

The Rhode Island Seafood Challenge was established in 2014 as an interactive and entertaining opportunity for JWU culinary students to learn about local and sustainable seafood products, and those involved in bringing them to market; incorporate these products into their culinary repertoire; and, gain an understanding of the conscious impact they, as future foodservice professionals, can make upon their communities and environment, and the seafood industry. By introducing an underutilized seafood species, the Challenge is another way to show that Johnson & Wales University is changing the way America eats.

RSVP REQUIRED

For more information and to make a reservation to attend the Rhode Island Seafood Challenge 2015, contact Rhode Island Sea Grant at (401) 874-6800 or email studentrisg@gmail.com.

An important note about event parking – Johnson & Wales University requires parking permits for all guest vehicles. Upon the completion of your RSVP, you will be issued a parking pass and driving directions. There is no charge for parking.

The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF) is a non-profit, private foundation dedicated to supporting collaborative research carried out by members of the commercial fishing industry and scientists to achieve sustainable fisheries. Rhode Island Sea Grant is based at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, and supports research, outreach, and education programs designed to foster vibrant coastal communities, resilient marine environments, and the sustainable use of marine resources.

Speaker Addition to the Coastal State Discussion Series

Coastal State Discussion Series welcomes Dr. Kathy Castro

as additional speaker

Dr. Kathy Castro, a fisheries scientist specializing in lobster ecology at the University of Rhode Island and who runs the university’s Fisheries Center, has been studying the effects of lobster shell disease for over 15 years. The disease spread rapidly in Rhode Island and continues to expand north where it could also have a dramatic effect on the iconic Maine fishery.Dr. Castro will join Dr. Rowley as a speaker on Monday, March 23 for the Coastal State Discussion Series to present ongoing work testing Dr. Rowley’s probiotic hypothesis to fight lobster shell disease that is thought to be linked to a new bacterium found in local waters. “The results showed promise for both the freshwater and the probiotic treatment,” Castro says.

 

Click here to find the full event details.

Developing Disease Resistant Oysters

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PLEASE JOIN US 

for refreshments and a discussion of the role probiotics may play in protecting juvenile oysters from harmful bacteria.

Guest speaker Dr. David Rowley of the University of Rhode Island has been studying the effects of probiotics, “good bacteria,” for reducing mortality in larval oysters, and will discuss the results from his most recent work and the potential implications for Rhode Island’s shellfish industry.

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Developing Disease-Resistant Oysters

Monday, March 23
5-7 p.m.

Coastal Institute Auditorium
URI Narragansett Bay Campus | South Ferry Rd | Narragansett 02882

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Dr. David Rowley, associate professor of biomedical sciences and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Rhode Island, has explored natural pathways for combating disease outbreaks in shellfish, specifically the eastern oyster because of the high mortality rates in cultured and wild populations due to bacterial and parasitic diseases.

These diseases affect larval and juvenile stages of oyster growth, and are a major problem for the shellfish aquaculture industry.

Dr. Rowley will share successful results in his lab research studying the effects of probiotics — bacteria that promote disease-resistance — for reducing mortality rates in larval oyster, as well as results from exploring their application in oyster hatcheries that could have implications for Rhode Island’s shellfish aquaculture industry.

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RSVP

This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited, so please RSVP to mmhaas@uri.edu  to reserve a place or for more information.

The Coastal State series is sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant with the support of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences, and the URI Coastal Institute. 

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RIDEM Launches Shellfish Program Webpages

This is just a note to let you all know that RIDEM Office of Water Resources’ Shellfish Program has gone live with a new and improved website: RIDEM Office of Water Resources Shellfish Program (If you happen to go to our old page remember to refresh your browser and clear your cache to load the new page)

The new webpages contain a wealth of information about our program along with links to various other programs and agencies that interconnect with our state’s shellfish program.  We listened to our local recreational and commercial shell fishermen and incorporated the comments we heard into these new pages.

Now available on line from our web site is an interactive mapping application of the classified shellfish waters of the state, Interactive Shellfish Map.  Directly from this map you can connect to the individual growing area descriptions and the presiding shoreline survey of the area.  There are numerous query options to search the map, such as area name, classification type or street address to name a few.  Printed maps can also be generated directly from this application to a scale suited to the individual’s interest.  It should be noted that these maps are to be used as a reference tool only.  The legal description of the area’s classification is contained in the document, “Notice of Polluted Shellfishing Grounds”. 

In addition to the new web pages we now have established an email account that goes directly to the shellfish program staff.  Please contact us directly at our new address:  dem.shellfish@dem.ri.gov  to let us know of missing or damaged closure signs, requests for data or documents, or questions related to any of the topics overseen by Office of Water Resources’ shellfish program.

We are continuing to work on the Harvester Education component – so that webpage is under construction but is scheduled to go live in early fall of 2015.

Now if we could only get spring to arrive so we can get back out there harvesting!

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