Aquaculture & Fisheries

With Restaurants Shuttered, Oyster Farmers Face Market Collapse

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

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

Winter flounder is one of the most popular fish among recreational anglers and commercial fishermen. Once abundant in Rhode Island waters, their numbers have declined significantly in recent decades.

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New Testing System Provides Early Warning of Toxic Algal Blooms

Researchers Find Decline in East Coast Commercial Shellfish Landings Linked to Environmental Factors

Solution to Lobster Shell Disease Remains Elusive

Speculation about the cause of the decline of lobster populations in Narragansett Bay has focused on an increasing number of predatory fish eating young lobsters, warming waters stressing juveniles, and a disease on their shells that is exacerbated by increasing temperatures.

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