The NSF announced that URI will lead a $8 million grant to strengthen science and technology efforts across Rhode Island.=, led by PI Elin Torell.
Continue reading "URI awarded $8M NSF grant to support state research ecosystem"
While there is growing interest and investment in promoting such a multi-use approach in ocean spaces the world over, definitions and visions for the approach vary.
Continue reading "URI’s Sea Grant program featured in Oceanography Society magazine"June 13, 2024 – Providence Business News
Continue reading "URI Coastal Resources Center receives $13M for Madagascar marine conservation project"
Led by CRC, the USAID Ocean Riake project focuses on marine conservation, spatial planning, and sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities.
Continue reading "URI Coastal Resources Center Receives $13 Million for Marine Conservation in Madagascar through USAID Initiative"April 1, 2024 – ecoRI News
Continue reading "CRMC Goes Fishing for Coastal Data"February 22, 2024 – South County Indepedent
Continue reading "Forum explores coastal storms … and what we can do about them"
A University effort to fund science-and-outreach projects addressing real-life issues challenging Rhode Island seafood industries drew dozens to a recent event at the Bay Campus.
Continue reading "URI PRESS: Science & Outreach Collaborations for Sustainable Seafood event brings together members of seafood industry, researchers"
URI researchers aim to improve quality of life for fishermen, possibly increasing fish landing and impacting the blue economy.
Continue reading "Nursing study to examine commercial fishermen’s health"
The Coastal Resources Center and its partners have been awarded a $15 million grant to address the social and ecological drivers of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific Islands region.
Continue reading "URI Coastal Resources Center lands $15 million to help countries, communities tackle unsustainable fishing practices in Pacific Islands region"Rashid Sumaila, a leading Canadian bioeconomics and marine ecosystem researcher, will speak at the University of Rhode Island’s Honors Colloquium, “Sustaining Our Shores,” Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
Continue reading "Professor, Canada Research Chair to discuss ‘Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries’ at URI Honors Colloquium Oct. 19"