Current Projects
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DOCUMENTING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF ATLANTIC STURGEON IN RHODE ISLAND STATE WATERS
Principal Investigator: Eric Schneider (RI DEM)
Collaborators: Jim Miller (URI OE) and Gopu Potty (URI OE)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
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Ecology and role of the northern star coral
Principal Investigator: Jill Ashey (URI CELS), Hollie Putnam (URI CELS)
Collaborators: Conor McManus (RI DEM)
Funding Source: National Science Foundation
![Establishing a monitoring program for Narragansett Bay blue crabs](https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/548/oyster-reef.jpg)
Establishing a monitoring program for Narragansett Bay blue crabs
Principal Investigator: Katie Rodrigue (RI DEM), Austin Humphries (URI CELS/GSO)
Collaborators: Conor McManus (RI DEM), Scott Olszewski (RI DEM), Chris Parkins (RI DEM), Patrick Brown (RI DEM), Sean Fitzgerald (RI DEM)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
![Development of empirical harvest control rules for the southern New England Jonah crab fishery](https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/548/oyster-reef.jpg)
Development of empirical harvest control rules for the southern New England Jonah crab fishery
Principal Investigator: Corinne Truesdale (RI DEM), Jeremy Collie (URI GSO)
Funding Source:Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)
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RESPONSE OF BENTHIC FAUNA TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Collie (GSO URI), Austin Humphries (GSO URI, FAVS), Conor McManus (RIDEM DMF), Candace Oviatt (GSO URI)
Funding Source: Rhode Island Sea Grant
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Early life history of American lobsters in coastal southern New England waters
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Collie (URI GSO)
Collaborators: Conor McManus (RI DEM), Rick Wahle (University of Maine)
Funding Source: National Sea Grant Program
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Assessing the Occurrence of Bay Scallops (Argopectens irradians) within the Salt Ponds of Southern Rhode Island using Image-Based Sampling and Divers
Principal Investigator: Anna Gerber-Williams (RIDEM DMF)
Collaborators: Christopher Roman (URI GSO), Conor McManus (RIDEM DMF), Dennis Erkan (RIDEM DMF)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
![SNE_Leases](https://web.uri.edu/rimfi/wp-content/uploads/sites/548/SNE_Leases-275x180.jpg)
Fishing Status of Vessels Using the AIS: A Big Data and Machine Learning Approach
Principal Investigator: Thomas Sproul (URI CELS)
Collaborators: Julia Livermore (RI DEM)
Funding Source: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, RI DEM
Shellfish Response to a Warming Environment: a Mesocosm Experiment
Principal Investigator: Candace Oviatt (GSO, URI), Roxanne Beinart (GSO, URI) and Conor McManus (RIDEM DMF)
Funding Source: Rhode Island Sea Grant
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Assessing Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Population Structure within Southern New England
Principal Investigator: Natalie Ameral (URI CELS/RI DEM), Jonathan Puritz (URI CELS)
Collaborators: Conor Mcmanus (RI DEM), Scott Olszewski (RI DEM), Kim Gaffett (RINHS/TNC), Diandra Verbeyst (TNC)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
Previous Projects
![Economic Efficiency Assessment of the Rhode Island Fluke and Black Sea Bass Aggregate Management Programs](https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/548/oyster-reef.jpg)
Economic Efficiency Assessment of the Rhode Island Fluke and Black Sea Bass Aggregate Management Programs
Principal Investigator: Julia Livermore (RI DEM)
Collaborators: Nichole Ares (RI DEM) and Tracey Dalton (URI/RI Sea Grant)
Funding Source: Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program
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A species-specific approach to enhance ecosystem models for planktivorous fishes.
Principal Investigator: Coleen Suckling (FAVS, URI)
Collaborators: Anabela Maia (BIO, RIC), Conor McManus (RI DEM), Austin Humphries (FAVS, URI), Terry Bradley (FAVS, URI), Andrew J. Davies (BIO, URI)
Funding Source: RI STAC
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Developing a coupled social-ecological ecosystem model of Narragansett Bay fisheries using Ecopath
Principal Investigator: Annie Innes-Gold (URI CELS), Maggie Heinichen (URI GSO), and K. Gorospe (URI CELS)
Collaborators: Austin Humphries (URI CELS/GSO), Jeremy Collie (URI GSO), Conor McManus (RI DEM), Jason McNamee (RI DEM)
Funding Source: RI C-AIM (EPSCoR)
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Addressing predictive modeling knowledge gaps on predator-prey dynamics to improve information used in decision making (2019)
Principal Investigator: Coleen Suckling (FAVS, URI)
Collaborators: Ed Baker (GSO, URI), Kathleen Catreau (FAVS, URI), Marta Gomez-Chiarri (FAVS, URI), Austin Humphries (FAVS, URI), Conor McManus (RI DEM)
Funding Source: RI C-AIM (EPSCoR)
![KIMG0644](https://web.uri.edu/rimfi/wp-content/uploads/sites/548/KIMG0644-275x180.jpg)
Collecting Fishers’ Knowledge to Inform Jonah Crab Research and Management (2018)
Principal Investigator: Tracey Dalton (URI CELS)
Collaborators: Corinne Truesdale (URI CELS), Conor McManus (RI DEM), Jason McNamee (RI DEM)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
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Assessing Impacts of the Block Island Wind Farm on Recreational Saltwater Fishing (2017-2019)
Principal Investigator: David Bidwell (URI Marine Affairs)
Collaborators: Tiffany Smythe (CRC), Tracey Dalton (URI Marine Affairs), Julia Livermore (RI DEM), David Beutel (CRMC)
Funding Source: Rhode Island Sea Grant
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Using Fisheries-Dependent Video Data to Assess Southern New England Population Structure of Windowpane Flounder (2017-2019)
Principal Investigator: Conor McManus (RI DEM)
Collaborators: Jason McNamee (RI DEM), Rich Bell (TNC), Chris McGuire (TNC), Jeremy Collie (URI GSO), and Chris Brown (RICFA)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
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DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERWATER SONAR AS A TECHNIQUE FOR ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF PELAGIC FISH IN RHODE ISLAND (2017-2019)
Principal Investigator: Austin Humphries (URI CELS/GSO)
Collaborators: Jason McNamee (RI DEM), Matt Zimmerman (FarSounder, Inc.), Jeremy Collie (URI GSO), Mike Jech (NOAA – NMFS)
Funding Source: Rhode Island Research Alliance
![BigJonah](https://web.uri.edu/rimfi/wp-content/uploads/sites/548/BigJonah-275x180.jpg)
Fishery and Biological Characteristics of Jonah crab in Rhode Island Sound (2015-2017)
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Collie (URI GSO)
Collaborators: Corinne Truesdale (URI GSO), Conor McManus (RI DEM)
Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant
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Effects of climate change on winter flounder and its impacts on fisheries in Narragansett Bay (2015-2018)
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Collie (URI GSO)
Collaborators: Joe Langan (URI GSO), Jason McNamee (RI DEM), Mark Gibson (RI DEM)
Funding Source: Rhode Island Sea Grant