Honoring the economic and cultural value of Rhode Island's shellfish
The Westerly Sun article Aquaculture boom a boon for Ninigret takes a look at the aquaculture’s industry in Ninigret and points out it successes and obstacles.
Click here to access the full article.
The Armory Farmers Market, located on Parade St. at Hudson St. in the West End of Providence, opens for the 2016 summer season on Thursday, May 26! There will be a Seafood Throwdown cooking competition, FREE and open to the public from 4-6pm. For more info click here.
On Saturday, June 25th at the Town Beach in North Kingstown there will be a New England Quahog Festival, this is a FREE community event. For more info click here.
Check out the article Aquaculture and Recreation Vie for Salt Pond Use from ecoRI. This article looks at how Salt Pond provides a mixed use for recreational and aquaculture purposes. In addition, this article touches upon the work that Tracey Dalton is doing in conjunction with Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Resource Management Council’s (CRMC) regulations on aquaculture.
To read the full article click here.
On May 1st, 2016 from 12PM to 6PM the South County Oyster Festival will take place at the Towers in Narragansett (35 Ocean Road Narragansett) sponsored by the Matunuck Oyster Bar. There will be food, live music, adult beverages and a shucking contest.
Tickets are $20 before April 29 or $25 at the door.
For more information and to purchase tickets click here.
Monday, May 9, 3-5 PM at the Chariho Area Career and Technical Center
459 Switch Road Wood River Junction, RI
Shared on behalf of RI Sea Grant:
“Save the date for this second annual Rhode Island Seafood Cook-off for high school culinary students, hosted at Chariho Area Career and Technical Center.
Student teams from the Chariho Area Career & Technical Center, the Warwick Area Career & Technical Center, the Cranston Career & Technical Center, and William M. Davies, Jr. Career & Technical High School will be serving up their own original recipes for local mussels. The audience will vote for their favorite preparation, and the winning team will have their recipe featured at Trio restaurant in Narragansett, RI. They will also win their choice of lunch or dinner at 22Bowen’s restaurant, courtesy of Chef Casey Riley and the Newport Restaurant Group, and other prizes.
Robert Rheault, executive director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, will speak to the audience about the economic importance and environmental benefits of shellfish aquaculture, including farm-raised mussels, for Rhode Island.
The mussels for this event are donated by American Mussel Harvesters of North Kingstown, RI.
The event is free to attend, but RSVPs are required. Please call Rhode Island Sea Grant at (401) 874-6805 or email rhodeislandseagrant@gmail.com.
Sponsors of the 2016 Rhode Island Seafood Cook-off are the Chariho Area Career & Technical Center, Rhode Island Sea Grant, the URI Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, and the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.
PHOTO BY MATTHEW STAVRO“