The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, along with the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant at the Graduate School of Oceanography, is developing a new Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) to address...

Rhode Island has adopted the following seasons, bag and size limits for fluke (summer flounder), scup (porgy) and black sea bass: Fluke 18″ min. size 8 fish/day May 1-Dec. 31 Scup 10″ min. size 30 fish/day May 1-Dec. 31...

The U.S. Navy has informed Save The Bay that Naval Station Newport cannot host the start to the 2013 Save The Bay Swim—an annual fundraising event for the Rhode Island-based environmental organization—due to fiscal constraints imposed by federal budget...

Tiverton Patch: Sakonnet Point residents have dealt with years of flooding, but their hardship is about to come to an end. The state Department of Transportation (DOT) is reconstructing the culvert that connects the Sakonnet Harbor to...

Providence Journal: Jamestown police are working at this moment to identify the body of a white woman found in shallow water on the island’s west shore. Police Chief Edward Mello told The Journal that a resident walking along the...

Providence Journal: The City Council is calling on the state not to interrupt one of New England’s best surfing spots as it works to repair and protect the city’s famed Cliff Walk after superstorm Sandy. The council voted...

Block Island Times: The National Parks Services (NPS) has weighed in on Deepwater Wind’s proposal to build a 30-megawatt, 5-turbine wind farm 3 miles off Block Island’s southeast coast. In public comments submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of...

Rhode Island outdoor writer, photographer and all-around fishing expert David Pickering has some exciting news to report on his blog, Rhode Island Striped Bass. It concerns the arrival of “fresh” schoolie stripers along the Rhody coast. Here’s the report:...

The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association will again hold its annual boat show in different locations around the state. This year’s event, scheduled for May 4 and 5, will feature venues in Jamestown, Bristol, Middletown, Warwick and Wakefield (see...

Science Daily: Long vilified, invasive species can sometimes become an ecosystem asset. New Brown University research published online in the journal Ecology reports exactly such a situation in the distressed salt marshes of Cape Cod. There, the invasive green...