SeafoodRI.com At this year’s Rhode Island Agriculture Day (held on April 25th), the Department of Agriculture launched a new website with the goal of increasing awareness and sales of local seafood. The website is the newest initiative undertaken by the RI Seafood Marketing Collaborative, which was established in 2011 by the RI General Assembly. […]
The Bristol Land Conservation Trust held an event at the Roger Williams University Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED) to learn about the Center’s efforts to restore local shellfish populations. Even though I drive by Roger Williams every day, I had never visited the campus and was so impressed with the work being done by the […]
These beautiful photos from National Geographic show a natural occurrence known as Bioluminescence. Bioluminescence is the light produced by chemical reactions within an organism. These photos show light created by phytoplankton, which are tiny plant-like marine organisms. It is believed that phytoplankton produce this light for communication and predation purposes, though much is still unknown about the phenonemon. […]