Honoring the economic and cultural value of Rhode Island's shellfish
Below is the link “2013 Shellfish Program Classification Report”
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/shellfsh/pdf/2013spcr.pdf
Connecticut Sea Grant is pleased to offer a new online issue of Wrack Lines. This issue features the Connecticut Shellfish Management Plan. Click here to check out the issue!
Click the links below to view the presentations from the Baird Science Symposium on the Future of Shellfish in Rhode Island.
Shellfish in Rhode Island: Opportunities for Growth
Presenter:
Robert Rheault, Executive Director, East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
The Value of Restoring Shellfish
Presenters:
Boze Hancock, Marine Restoration Scientist, Global Marine Team, The Nature Conservancy
Jon Grabowski, Associate Professor, Northeastern University
Carl LoBue, Senior Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Growing the Crop
Presenters:
Michael A. Rice, Department of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science, University of Rhode Island
Robert Rheault, Executive Director, East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Rich Langan, Director, Coastal and Ocean Technology Programs; Professor, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Plenary
Presenter:
Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish Farms
Maximizing Harvest
Presenters:
Jeff Mercer, Principal Biologist, R.I. Department of Environmental Management
John Kraeuter, Marine Science Center, University of New England; Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, Rutgers University
Shellfish and Water Quality
Presenters:
Lisa Kellogg, Research Scientist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Thomas Uva, Director of Planning, Policy and Regulation, Narragansett Bay Commission
Selling Shellfish at Home
Presenters:
Maureen Pothier, Chair, College of Culinary Arts, Johnson and Wales University; Member, board of directors, Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Peter Ramsden, President & CEO, M.F. Foley Company, Inc.
Perry Raso, Owner and Operator, Matunuck Oyster Bar and Matunuck Oyster Farm
For more information about the presenters, please view the Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium page.
The Rhode Island Shellfishermen’s Association (RISA) grow baby clams (quahogs) in an upweller in Warwick. These clams are released into the Bay as a public enhancement of shellfish effort to provide clams for residents and visitors to harvest recreationally. This RISA effort is funded and supported entirely by the association and relies on volunteer shellfishermen to tend and seed the clams.
Take a look at RISA’s Public Aquaculture video:
Last Monday, local officials, including Governor Chafee, went out on Greenwich Bay with quahogger Jody King to learn about the industry and discuss the Shellfish Management Plan with SMP leaders.
To see pictures and read the full article, visit Diggin’ deep to sustain RI shellfish – Warwick Beacon.