Tag: aquaculture

Peter B. Lord Seminar: New England’s Aquaculture Industry

Shared on Behalf of Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting

Peter B. Lord Seminar: New England’s Aquaculture Industry

September 30, 2015

12:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Coastal Institute on the Bay Campus

URI Graduate School of Oceanography Coastal shellfish farming is a growing industry in southern New England, generating an estimated $40 million in annual revenue in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Aquaculture is poised to expand in the region as growers diversify their harvests to meet strong national and international demand. Shellfish farming, specifically, is often described as an environmental benefit for coastal areas. But user conflicts are becoming more common as aquaculture operations expand, fueling debates between wild harvesters and shellfish farmers and land-use conflicts between shellfish farmers, residents, and those who want to use the areas for recreation. How can these conflicts be resolved?

Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting will hold a Peter B. Lord Seminar on the Environment for New England journalists featuring experts who will explore these issues.

More info and to register: http://metcalfinstitute.org/training/pblsaquaculture2015/

Surveying aquaculture’s state

Shared on behalf of Providence Business News.

The article by the Providence Business News takes a look at the study that URI Marine Affairs Professor Tracy M. Dalton is conducting on public perception of aquaculture.  By sending out surveys Professor Dalton is trying to “determine aquaculture farming’s “social carrying capacity.””

To learn more about Professor Dalton’s work and read the full article click here.

Benefit for Aquaculture and Sustainable Fisheries Programs

The University of Rhode Island and Perry Raso ’02, M.S. ’06
invite you to a benefit for the

Aquaculture and Sustainable Fisheries Programs
College of Environment and Life Sciences

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015
COCKTAILS AND RAW BAR • 6 P.M.
CLAMBAKE • 7 P.M.

$125 PER PERSON

To be held at the home of Perry Raso
Matunuck Vegetable Farm
2236 Commodore Perry Highway
South Kingstown, RI

RSVP by May 23, 2015.

Contact: Kathy Gianquitti, Alumni Relations, 401.874.4853 or kathyg@uri.edu

To see the full invitation, please click here.

Aquaculture, Food Security Expert is URI’s next Distinguished Visiting International Scholar

Shared on behalf of Todd McLeish – University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 6, 2015 – Joao Ferreira, professor of environmental engineering at Portugal’s New University of Lisbon, will present two lectures next week as part of the University of Rhode Island’s Distinguished Visiting International Scholar’s program.

“It’s a real honor to be able to bring Dr. Ferreira here,” said David Bengtson, URI professor of fisheries. “He’s an internationally renowned leader in developing models for assessing the interactions of aquaculture and the marine environment. But his interests are broader than that and include both science and management.”

To read the full release, please click here.

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.

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