Carlos M. Duarte presented the First Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture, “Auditing the Seven Plagues of the Coastal Ecosystems”, on April 17, 2013 in the URI Coastal Institute Auditorium on the Narragansett Bay Campus.  The lecture can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmrAzZPIb-M&feature=youtu.be.

On April 2, 2013 the 2013 Southern New England Recreational Symposium was held in Warwick, RI.  Documents and presentations from the symposium can be found at http://www.risaa.org/recsym.html.

Proceedings from the Jan. 14, 2013 Rhode Island Commercial Fluke Workshop have been posted at http://www.ci.uri.edu/SpecialEvents/FlukeWorkshopII/.  Also included are a summary of the characteristics of a successful Fluke Management Program, as discussed at the symposium, as well as informal proposed management options for purposes of discussion at the workshop.

PowerPoint presentations from the August 21, 2012 SSEER (Scientific Support for Environmental Emergency Response) Workshop have been posted at https://ci.uri.edu/ventures/sseer/.

A standard new member application and approval process applicable to all Units is now in effect and can be found at  http://www.ci.uri.edu/naccesu/admin_docs/NewMemberApplicationAndApproval_2012.pdf.

Given the importance of the Rhode Island commercial summer flounder (fluke) fishery and its capacity to provide long-term, sustainable harvest opportunities, the University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with the RI Department of Environmental Management and the RI commercial fishing community,held a forum to consider options for managing the fishery. The proceedings for the 2012 […]