Data requests may be made to Scott Olszewski, RIDEM Marine Fisheries Section, scott.olszewski @dem.ri.gov or can be found on the URI Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey website. Due to the long history of RIDEM’s coastal trawl surveys, these records…
Coastal Fisheries
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s (RIDEM) Marine Fisheries Section has a long-time comprehensive fishery resource assessment program encompassing Narragansett Bay as well as Rhode Island and Block Island Sounds. The Marine Fisheries Section collects, summarizes, and analyzes trawl…
Coastal Fisheries
Value to Management Tracks fishery stocks: The RI Department of Environmental Management trawl survey supports local and regional fisheries stock assessments by tracking the relative abundance of finfish and shellfish assemblages in Narragansett Bay, and Rhode Island and Block Island…