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Aquaculture & Fisheries

URI Professor Part of Worldwide Study on Impacts of Bottom Trawling on Seabed Health
Natural Stress Relief: Oysters, Both Wild and Farmed, Clean Polluted Marine Waters
Aquaculture Farmers and Recreational Users Tussle for Space Along Rhode Island’s Crowded Coastline
Lower Providence River is Clean Enough to Quahog, and Fish are Fair Game, Too

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Large Spring Migration of Menhaden Lures Fishing Vessels Into Narragansett Bay

The Atlantic menhaden fishery is largely dominated by industrial interests that remove the nutrient-rich forage fish in bulk by trawlers to make fertilizer and cosmetics and to feed livestock and farmed fish.

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Scup Project Works to Bring Little Fish to the Masses
Lobsters and Sea Scallops Moving Out of Southern N.E.
Female Spawning Stock of Atlantic Stripers in Trouble

With Restaurants Shuttered, Oyster Farmers Face Market Collapse

The owners of two Rhode Island aquaculture operations are diversifying their offerings and trying to stay positive as oyster sales have declined significantly during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Climate Change Increases Risk of Fisheries Conflict
Scientists Collecting Data on Commercial Fish Species in Wind-Energy Areas
Seafood Lover Preaches Eating with the Ecosystem

Fecal Coliform Bacteria Impairs Point Judith Pond

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has decided, based on ongoing water quality monitoring results, two areas of Point Judith Pond are being reclassified from approved to conditionally approved for shellfish harvesting.

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Overfishing of Atlantic Striped Bass Prompts Action
Population-by-Population Fisheries Management Not Working
Buyer Be Aware: Dogfish Is Every Bit as Good as Cod and Far More Plentiful
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