African news outlets, including Ghana’s Graphic Online and All Africa.com have been reporting on the multi-day African Journalists for Sustainable Fisheries workshop in Accra, Ghana, and quoted CRC’s Dr. Brian Crawford, chief of party for the USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), regarding policies that have led to overfishing, the need for measures to reverse over-exploitation and the need to share stories of success in sustainably managing fisheries in Africa.
Monthly Archives: March 2016
CRC’s Climate Workshop Experience Informs Journal Piece
CRC and partners led climate change workshops in Tanzania and West Africa in 2013 that took a fresh, national–or regional–approach to addressing climate change at the development planning stage. This work and the lessons learned from it are included in the article “A Perspective on Climate-Resilient Development and National Adaptation Planning Based on USAID’s Experience” recently published in the peer-reviewed journal “Climate and Development.”
Philanthropy Magazine Mentions our Work under Rockefeller Foundation
Charitable foundations and rich folks have sustainable fisheries on their radar. Check out this piece from “Inside Philanthopy,” which mentions CRC-URI’s work under the Rockefeller Foundation, namely: “…Rockefeller has also supported academic research through a $559,000 grant to University of Rhode Island to better understand the root causes of fishery overexploitation.”
March 9 Film Presentation Features Point Judith Pond
Come view the short film “RI’s Salt Pond Ecosystems and Shellfish: A Portrait of Point Judith Pond” Wednesday, March, 9, presented by noted local author and Camp Fuller educator Prentice Stout. He is the author of “A Place of Quiet waters: The History and Natural History of Point Judith and the Harbor of Refuge.”
The film was produced for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, and the evening’s program will allow the audience to learn about and discuss what activities happen on Point Judith Pond, what the future may hold — including how shellfish farming fits into this environment — and why Point Judith Pond, and all of Rhode Island’s salt ponds, are so important to so many. Refreshments will be served.
RSVP to Azure Cygler, CRC and Rhode Island Sea Grant extension specialist, at azure@crc.uri.edu.
This talk is the second in a series of educational presentations about Rhode Island’s salt ponds and their uses, especially shellfish farming. Join us and hear from experts, tour a working shellfish farm, visit a shellfish nursery, and talk to community members, policy-makers, and researchers. This series is sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant and CRC in collaboration with Roger Williams University and the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, supported by a grant from the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program.
To see other upcoming events, go to www.rismp.org.