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Coastal Acidification Workshop

Shared on behalf of Rhode Island Sea Grant

Coastal Acidification Workshop

Rhode Island Sea Grant is pleased to support the June 5 Ocean and Coastal Acidification (OCA) Workshop for Rhode Island. This event is sponsored by The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN) and local partners, the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The purpose of this workshop is for stakeholders (e.g., fishing, aquaculture, water quality/marine resources management/NGO) to become better informed about OCA and for NECAN to gain knowledge from the stakeholders in order to develop an implementation plan for addressing OCA in the Northeast. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please see the attached invitation and agenda.

Please direct any questions to Cassie Stymiest, cassie@neracoos.org. 

Sacred Symbol: Beauty of Wampum

Shared on behalf of Sarah Schumann – Rhode Island Sea Grant

“Allen Hazard, a wampum maker and member of the Narragansett Tribe, carries on an age-old tradition of creating objects of beauty and symbolism with quahog shells. Hazard is one of only three artisans in the world who make wampum in the traditional Eastern Native way. Contrary to popular belief, wampum did not attain the status of currency until after the arrival of Europeans on American shores.

Here, Hazard talks about what the quahog shell represented, and continues to represent, to the Narragansett Tribe:

Wampum is sacred. That’s the word to use when you’re speaking about wampum with a traditional Eastern Native. Why? Because anything that gave its life so that we could continue ours was deemed special. There’s no other way to put it. Money doesn’t do that.”

Please click here to read the full article.

*Photo by Acacia Johnson*

Rhode Island Seafood Challenge 2015

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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.

RISG Coastal and Ocean News

Rhode Island Sea Grant’s October ‘Coastal and Ocean News’ includes three articles about shellfish research, aquaculture, and shellfish management in Rhode Island.

Quahog Behavior Findings to Help Managementshells and spider crab MD

Clusters of quahogs found in closed waters have often been assumed to be spawning sanctuaries where quahogs settle and reproduce, expanding their population. Researchers, however, are finding that crowded spaces are actually lowering reproductive rates, suggesting that quahog larvae are originating from fished areas. –Read More–

Oyster Farm Model for AquacultureDSC_1124

Perry Raso’s seven-acre oyster farm supports one of the most proclaimed restaurants in the state and put aquaculture on the map as a real business model.

The Matunuck Oyster Bar not only grows its own oysters, little necks, and seaweed for consumers, but also acts as a shellfish nursery that supplies see to businesses throughout the U.S. including Boston and New York. –Read More–

Fellow Challenges Shellfish Regulations in Closed Waters

Melissa Chalek, Rhode Island Sea Grant Marine Affairs Policy Fellow, was the only student to present at the Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal 2013 Symposium earlier this September in Mississippi.

Chalek presented her research investigating shellfish relay science and regulations that concern transferring shellfish grown in closed waters to approved waters in order to purge themselves of contaminants to levels safe for consumption. –Read More–

Click here to view Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Coastal and Ocean News.

 

 

 

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