Aquaculture Growing in Rhode Island

By Carolyn Lee

WRNI – The idea of fish farming has been slow to catch on in Rhode Island, despite shortages and restrictions that have left the fishing industry struggling. But the past few years, there has been double digit growth in aquaculture each year. WRNI's Carolyn Lee reports the primary crop is oysters.

Carolyn Lee is an environmental reporting fellow with the Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island