The Future of Shellfish in Rhode Island: 12th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium

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REGISTRATION ENDS NOVEMBER 8 ***

Water
quality, regulations, economics, social trends, habitat, innovation—all these
forces contribute to the success or failure of commercial shellfishing and
shellfish aquaculture. Rhode Island is developing a shellfish management plan
that addresses these issues, and a symposium is bringing together experts from
the state, the region, and beyond to discuss them.

Join
us at the Radisson Hotel, Warwick, R.I., for the 2013 Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science
Symposium, “The Future of Shellfish in Rhode Island: Providing
sustainable seafood, economic opportunities, and ecosystem benefits,” to
discuss the current and the potential value—economic and environmental—of
shellfish to Rhode Island. The sessions will focus on Restoration and Public
Aquaculture, Commercial Aquaculture, Commercial Wild Harvest, Water Quality,
and the “Go Local” Movement. Registration is $45. Student rate and industry
scholarships are available at $20. To register, please contact Deborah Lafen at
(401) 874-6645 or download

the registration.

FIELD
TRIPS 11/15: There will be field trips
available on November 15 to your choice of the Matunuck Oyster Farm, Roger
Williams University's Blount Shellfish Hatchery, or the restored Town Pond in
Portsmouth. For details on the field trips, please visit the website.

The
2013 Baird Symposium is funded by Rhode Island Sea Grant,
the URI Coastal
Institute, and the Rhode
Island Shellfish Management Plan.This event is being coordinated in
partnership with representatives from the University of Rhode Island Coastal
Resources Center, Rhode Island Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island, Roger
Williams University, R.I. Department of Environmental Management, R.I. Coastal
Resources Management Council, The Nature Conservancy, East Coast Shellfish
Growers Association, and the local shellfishing industry.

R.I. Shellfish Management Plan
Project Funders

The Prospect
Hill Foundation

The Rhode
Island Foundation



The Sharpe Family Foundation/Henry and Peggy Sharpe

The University of
Rhode Island Coastal Institute