Rhode Island
The Ghosts of Sakonnet
On a quiet, foggy morning you might just hear them, or glimpse an ethereal figure in the half-light. Was that the shout of Dr. William Pepper struggling with a mighty fish at the Hopper? Could that be the ample...
RI Shellfishermen to Perform Quahog Transplant
EcoRINews: East Bay shellfishermen will conduct a voluntary “dig and dump” quahog transplant from Bristol Harbor to the Bristol transplant bed May 21 from 8:00 a.m.-noon, according to the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Shellfishermen will...
RI Boatbuilder Fined for Emissions Violations
EastBayRI.com: Blount Boats will pay a $24,000 penalty and spend at least $230,000 on a new “tent” building over its ways on the Warren River, to resolve federal claims that the boatbuilding company violated federal...
Save The Bay Unveils New Course for 2013 Fundraiser Swim
Save The Bay’s 37th annual Swim was jeopardized when Naval Station Newport was informed by the Department of Defense that it would not be able to host the start of the Swim due to federal sequestration. Fortunately, Save The...
Tautog, Stripers Hitting in Narragansett Bay
Providence Journal: Large schools of striped bass moved into the Bay Thursday morning. They were chasing bait in the waters off Barrington, Providence Point and Bear Point, said Ken Landry. He caught several fish on an Atomic Chicken Slug-Go....
RI Increases Limit for Fall Sea Bass
Rhode Island DEM has raised the bag limit for black sea bass during the September-through-December season to 7 fish/day. According to Jason McNamee, principal marine biologist at the DEM Division of Marine Fisheries: “There was an adjustment to the...
Jamestown Fish Sponsors East Coast Sailboat Race
Jamestown Press: Planning continues for the third running of the Atlantic Cup, the nation’s first carbon-neutral sailing competition. This year one Jamestown business has expanded its role in the offshore race for Class 40 sailboats. Organizers say 7 boats...
Students Help Restore Bristol, RI, Creek
EcoRI.com: Until this school year, the three Mt. Hope High School seniors hadn’t realized, or even considered, for that matter, the importance of Silver Creek. It was just some brackish water across the street from Sip ’n Dip Donuts...
Nantucket Loran Tower Being Removed
Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror: The decommissioned Coast Guard 625’-tall LORAN tower in Sconset will be taken down piece by piece over the next week , as contractors disassemble what was once the longest continuously-operated LORAN station in the...
Public Input Sought on Future of Rocky Point, RI
WPRO: Rocky Point is officially owned by the state, so the big question now is: What will they do with the land? Although the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has said they will turn the coastal stretch into a...
