Where the Wild Quahogs Are: Looking at Quahog Larval Supply and Distribution in the Upper Narragansett Bay

Please join us for the first Rhode Island Shellfish Management Plan Stakeholder Meeting of the New Year.

Come learn about the recent research effort to investigate quahog population dynamics in Narragansett Bay. It has been speculated that Rhode Island Shellfish Department of Environment Management Areas A & B are a primary source of quahog larvae for distribution throughout the Bay and increased fishing pressure in that area may impact Bay-wide larval supply and recruitment. Hence, management strategies may need to be modified to account for this potential impact. Meet the researchers and learn more about their study and findings at this “Feature Presentation” of the first stakeholder meeting of 2014.

To RSVP for this event, please email smp@etal.uri.edu.

Thank you to our sponsors: The Rhode Island Foundation, The Sharpe Family Foundation, The Prospect Hill Foundation, the Rhode Island Department of Environment Management, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute, the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center, and the Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program.

For more information about the SMP: http://www.rismp.org/