for the people, by the people
On Tuesday, April 5, 2011, The Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance had the privilege to sponsor a guided tour of Point Judith, Rhode Island's largest fishing port, to a group of 20 graduating 1st Class Cadets from the United States Coast Guard Academy...
Welcome
Our fishing industry in Rhode Island is historic and our resources are bountiful, but due to government mismanagement, regulations prevent us from catching and landing an abundant variety of seafood. Seafood, which in turn, you the consumer must purchase imported versus local and incur outrageous expense and unregulated quality controlled product.
Our mission is to educate the consumer and make a stand against these regulations that will ultimately destroy the fishing industry and our access to fresh local caught seafood!
NEAMAP stands for North East Area Monitoring and Assessment Program. NEAMAP was developed to meet the needs of fisheries management and stock assessment activities in the northeastern United States. NEAMAP began in 2006...
On June 7, 2011, Langevin addressed another key factor in building up Rhode Island's economy during a stop at Seafreeze, LTD, the largest producer of sea frozen fish on the East Coast and a supplier to markets throughout the world...
With the Rhode Island seafood industry facing a number of challenges in this tough economy, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse toured seafood businesses in Narragansett to hear about what they need to succeed and grow...
The Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.
New England Sustainable Seafood List
There is good news in New England waters. Since 1993 the fishing industry and Federal regulators have acted to protect New England's complex of 27 commercially harvested species. Today's fishermen work within tight regulations designed to eliminate overfishing and promote the stock's biomass growth. Did you know that over the last 17 years the fishery biomass in New England has grown by more than 500%?
Rich Fuka enjoys teaching a fisheries class to the 2012 United States Coast Guard Academy Class last week. Just another day in the life of President of The Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance.
posted 4/1/2012
