Shellfish Harvester Education vibrio training – May 19, 2022, 6-8PM ET on Zoom

The Shellfish Harvester Education vibrio training course will be on May 19, 2022 from 6-8PM via Zoom. This short course will be on vibrio (first hour) and marketing (second hour) presented by Bob Rheault and hosted by the RWU Shellfish Program team. This vibrio training is required for the Dockside Program (RI Recreational Permit).

Register here: https://rwu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOqgqDMpG92jCXfkEH6RtI9xK2xaaHYC

Shellfish Marketing Guide

shellfish_marketing_guide_coverHot of the “presses” a resource for shellfish harvesters and growers in Rhode Island on Marketing Your Shellfish. Apublication of RI Sea Grant and the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography.

Shellfish Marketing Guide

Narragansett Bay Recovers from Algal Bloom, Shellfish Safe

By Meredith Haas, January 7, 2017
An unprecedented algal bloom that spanned from Long Island to Maine triggered a shellfishing ban in Narragansett Bay for most of October. After it ended and shellfish beds reopened, fishermen, shellfish farmers, and environmental managers convened at a public meeting in December to try to understand what caused the bloom and what to do about future events.

Monitors found elevated counts of a type of plankton that was responsible for the bloom outside of Newport Harbor at the end of September, said Angelo Liberti, chief of water resources at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), at the meeting held to share information that DEM and the state health department collected during the bloom, and to discuss future monitoring and testing efforts.

Liberti was referring to Pseudo-nitzschia, a genus of plankton that can produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin that, if ingested in dangerous amounts, can cause illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal problems and lethargy to short-term memory loss…..

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Webinar—Understanding the 5% Rule for the Coastal Salt Ponds

WEBINAR: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 from 4:00-5:00PM

“Understanding the 5% Rule for the Coastal Salt Ponds” – Participate in this free, interactive Webinar, from your computer at home! Learn from those who were involved in shaping the 5% Rule for aquaculture in Rhode Island’s coastal salt ponds. The rule states that no more than 5 percent of the salt pond area can be used for aquaculture. Hear the details about the science, policy, and decision-making that was involved to set the rule.
Presented by retired URI Professor David Bengston. Prof. Bengston was a member of the working group that convened in 2007 to determine the 5% Rule.

Prof. Bengston will explain the original process with the goal of giving webinar participants a clear understanding of why the rule exists. The intention is to allow an open forum of knowledge and experience sharing so as to be better informed about what the rule is and is not.

The recorded webinar and a summary document will be posted online at:
https://appliedshellfishfarming.org/aquaculture-education-for-the-public/

For more information, please contact Azure@crc.uri.edu