NONPROFIT ORG. 41ºN U.S. POSTAGE PAID A PUBLICATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND WAKEFIELD, RI SEA GRANT AND LAND GRANT PROGRAMS PERMIT NO. 19 A PUBLICATION OF RHODE ISLAND SEA GRANT & THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND COASTAL INSTITUTE 4141 NN VOL 3 NO 1 2006 Solomon’s Work: The Bay Window Program has provided a model for showing how an integrated effort of monitoring and assessment, among a number of partner agencies, is the best way to proceed. MonitoringMonitoring NarragansettNarragansett BayBay SpecialSpecial Section:Section: TheThe BayBay WindowWindow ProgramProgram Publications 41ºN STAFF MANAGING EDITOR SEA GRANT Malia Schwartz Dear Readers: Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Please send requests to: Rhode Island Sea Grant and the University of Rhode Island (URI) Coastal Insti- Publications Strategic and Organizational Development Monica Allard Cox ° Chip Young tute have joined forces in a new partnership to bring you 41 N: A Publication of Rhode Rhode Island Sea Grant Plan 2006–2010 and Implementation Plan Island Sea Grant and the URI Coastal Institute. This is a natural alliance. The two pro- University of Rhode Island Bay Campus 2006–2008 DESIGN/ART DIRECTION grams work together on many initiatives, and 41°N is a perfect venue to bring these Narragansett, RI 02882-1197 (401) 874-6842 Puffin Enterprises projects to you. These plans describe Rhode Island Sea Grant’s strategic Make check or money order payable to Rhode Island Sea Grant/URI. investments and goals in its themes of Sustainable Fisheries The magazine will highlight Sea Grant and Coastal Institute research, outreach, WEB DESIGN Sorry, no credit cards accepted. and Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems, as Monica Allard Cox and education activities on a particular theme, as well as deliver the latest information well as the program’s plan for reaching those goals. RIU-Q-05- on the new, innovative, and exciting connections we are making in the state and 001 and RIU-Q-06-001. Free. EDITORIAL BOARD Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast Peter August beyond. Monica Allard Cox (ed.) Barry Costa-Pierce The current issue of 41°N focuses on efforts to monitor Narragansett Bay and Be sure to visit the on-line Rhode Island Sea Grant Bookstore, which offers many of our publications as free pdf downloads: Arthur Gold its living resources, with special attention given to the Bay Window Program—an This guide to over 340 public access sites in Rhode Island will Judith Swift bring you to well-known destinations and hidden treasures in seagrant.gso.uri.edu/bookstore exciting and ambitious enterprise to monitor the ecological condition of the Bay and Rhode Island’s 21 coastal towns. Descriptions of each site include COVERS: Buoy monitoring provides mea- to rapidly convey these results to our resource management community. Sen. Lincoln uses and amenities, and maps indicate each site’s location along the surements for dissolved oxygen and other Chafee has been instrumental in continuing to secure Bay Window funding for many shore. Color photographs highlight features, and articles in the factors, a system that plays a vital role in years now. The program is the poster child of successful partnerships: The Bay Win- guide provide information about Rhode Island coastal habitats, Aquaculture Aquaculture is an international journal devoted to research on the Bay Window program. dow team includes the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM); fishing, surfing, boating, and birding opportunities, safety tips, urban shorelines, and more. 84 pages. RIU-H-04-001. $10 each plus $3 the exploration, improvement, and management of all aquatic scientists from many departments at URI, Roger Williams University, and Brown Uni- 41ºN is published twice per year by Rhode each for shipping and handling. food resources. Barry Costa-Pierce, Rhode Island Sea Grant Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the versity; NOAA Fisheries; the RIDEM Narragansett Bay Estuary Program; and the NOAA director, is the editor of the Husbandry and Management University of Rhode Island (URI). The Rhode Narragansett Bay Estuarine Research Reserve. section, which has produced two special editions, one in Island Sea Grant College Program was estab- October 2003 on “Management of Aquaculture Effluents,” lished in 1966 to promote the conservation and The Bay Window Program has made a difference—a big difference—in the way Proceedings of Fisheries Educational Workshops guest-edited by Cheng-Sheng Lee and Patricia J. O’Bryen, and sustainable development of marine resources for Rhode Island manages its coastal resources. The R/V John H. Chafee, purchased with Bay These workshops were held by Sea Grant Fisheries Extension the public benefit through research, outreach, and programs in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and one in March 2006 on “Seaweed-based Integrated Maricul- education. Funding comes primarily from federal Window funding, is the platform for RIDEM’s fisheries monitoring program. The net- Maine on topics of concern in fisheries management. ture,” guest-edited by Rui Santos. The Husbandry and sources, with matching funds provided by states work of monitoring buoys in Narragansett Bay, many of which were purchased with Management section of the journal reviewed more than 400 and private-sector groups. The URI Coastal Institute works in part- Bay Window funding, are the cornerstone of Rhode Island’s estuarine monitoring frame- • Proceedings of the New England Bycatch research manuscript submissions in 2005. In early 2006 the nership with local, state, federal, and international Workshops journal moved to a new on-line, web-based manuscript agencies to provide a neutral setting where work. The NarrBay.org web portal, built with Bay Window funds, now distributes 7.5 Margaret Petruny-Parker et al. (eds.) submittal and review system, which will improve, as well as knowledge is advanced, issues discussed, infor- gigabytes of Bay-related data a year via the Internet. And the Mariner Shuttle data are shorten, the scientific peer review process for authors. For mation synthesized, and solutions developed for now available on-line for use by the resource management community. the sustainable use and management of coastal Bycatch is a serious issue in fisheries, and this series of work- more information about Aquaculture or ordering information ecosystems. The Coastal Institute works across We truly hope you enjoy this publication and that it both informs and challenges shops focused on what the term bycatch means, what is on the special editions, contact the publisher at: and beyond traditional structures to encourage www.elsevier.com. new approaches to problem solving. your views on the many fascinating environmental and resource utilization issues we currently known about bycatch in New England, and what This publication is sponsored in part by face together as a state. information is available on options to reduce the problem. Rhode Island Sea Grant, under NOAA Grant No. 48 pages. RIU-W-03-003. $3. NA86RG0076. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its sub- • Who Gets the Fish? Proceedings of the New agencies. 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THE CONBAY WINDOWTENTS PROGRAM Special Section: The Bay Window Program 2 The Bay Window Program: Monitoring and 18 Up To The Minute Assessing Changing Fisheries Yields, Ecol- ogy, and Water Quality in Narragansett Bay 19 What’s Happening to Our Lobsters? By J. Stanley Cobb By Kenneth Sherman In an editorial reflecting insights gained over a 35- The cooperative approach of the Bay Window Pro- year career, J. Stanley Cobb, URI biological sciences gram, a collaboration of the R.I. Department of professor emeritus and past Rhode Island Sea Grant Environmental Management (RIDEM), University of researcher,