Aquaculture

Recreational boating sales are expected to rise to their highest level since 2007, Enterprisenews.com reported Saturday. Feb 20

The planned return of fish processing to what long has been known locally as the Point Judith Fishermen’s Cooperative in Narragansett is more than a real estate transaction to community leaders and local fishermen, who have seen regulations and recession take a bite out of their business for the last few years. Feb 18

When Thomas Rossby retired from teaching last fall after 36 years at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, he was not only one of the university’s longest-serving professors, but one of the most distinguished in his field. Since first studying oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1960s, Rossby used his engineering background to develop new techniques for measuring ocean currents, including through individual floats and on instruments attached to ocean-going ships. Feb 4

The amount of cod that can be legally caught in New England could be significantly reduced following a Jan. 25 public hearing in Providence held by the New England Fishery Management Council, which will discuss results of the government’s latest population survey. Preliminary signs indicate that the news will be devastating to both the commercial and recreational industry. Jan 21