Keep Clam and Quahog On: The 8th Annual Quahog Week Is Set For May 11-18, Celebrating RI's State Clam, The Businesses That Serve It & The Labor Of Those Who Dig It Thursday, May 09, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island and Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and ... Read article
DEM, RI Seafood Marketing Collaborative Accepting Applications for New Microgrant Pilot Program to Support Local Seafood Businesses and Commercial Fishing Industry Friday, March 15, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Seafood Marketing Collaborative ... Read article
Candidates Sought for Membership on Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council Wednesday, January 03, 2024 On behalf of Governor McKee, DEM Director Terrence Gray seeks candidates for the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council (RIMFC). ... Read article
DEM Announces Opening of 515-Acre Shellfishing Area in Mount Hope Bay along with Seasonal Area Closures Thursday, May 25, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that with its latest water quality tests earlier this month confirming a year-over-year tren ... Read article
DEM Sets May 27 as Implementation Date of Emergency Action Limiting Size of Striped Bass Taken Recreationally Friday, May 19, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it has set Saturday, May 27, as the date it will implement a maximum size limit o ... Read article
Shell-ebrate Good Times! Seventh Annual Quahog Week, April 23-29, Marks RI's State Clam and the Labor of Those Who Dig It Thursday, April 20, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Seafood Marketing Collaborative are proud to announce that the state’s seventh annual Quahog Week is s ... Read article
Council Establishes On-Demand Fishing Gear Conflict Working Group; Fishermen Encouraged to Apply for a Seat at the Table Monday, April 10, 2023 The New England Fishery Management Council is looking for members of the mobile gear, gillnet, trap/pot, and recreational fishing ... Read article
DEM Awards More Than $100,000 to Eight Community Boat Pumpout Facilities to Keep Coastal Waters Clean Friday, March 24, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announces the award of $104,769 in matching grants to eight communities and marinas to help expand and main ... Read article
Candidates Sought for Membership on Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council Friday, March 10, 2023 On behalf of Governor McKee, DEM Director Terrence Gray seeks candidates for two seats on the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council ( ... Read article
URI Issues RFP for Sustainable Seafood Research Thursday, March 09, 2023 Attention all seafood industry members and scientists! ... Read article