Latest news & updates from RI Seafood! 🍴 July 2023

Summer is here!

What better way to kick off the summer season, than by enjoying local seafood! This summer seafood series will make cooking seafood at home fun and delicious!

We have partnered with Dave’s Fresh Marketplace and photographer Andrew Moran to bring you a Summer Seafood Series showcasing the diversity of local seafood in the Ocean State.

Free take home cookbooks will be available soon at Dave's Fresh Marketplaces, and available as digital copies on RISeafood.com

Recipe of the month!

*Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have a certain medical conditions.

Dave's Fresh Marketplace Seafood Demo

Join RI Seafood at Dave’s Fresh Marketplace in East Greenwich, Tuesday July 11 from 2-4 PM. We will be sampling tuna poke and black seabass fish tacos, which can be found in our RI Seafood Summer Seafood Series! These recipes showcase the diversity of local seafood available, and their versatility when cooking with them!

Upcoming events

July 11: Dave's Demo Day

Join RI Seafood and Dave's Fresh Marketplace- East Greenwich location (1000 Division St, East Greenwich, RI 02818) for a seafood demo and samples.

Time: 2-4 PM

July 15: Save the Bay Swim

The Save the Bay swim celebrates the cleanup of Narragansett Bay. Funds raised go towards efforts to protect and restore the Bay region.

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July 17: Little Fish Tacos and Ceviche at the Foundry

Mark your calendars. From 12-2 PM. Little Fish will be serving seafood at the Gantry Gardens at the Promenade! Little Fish Tacos and Ceviche serve up a variety of small plates that utilize RI grown ingredients and RI seafood species.

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July 17: Seafood Marketing Collaborative Meeting

1-2 PM at the Foundry in Providence. The SMC will be holding its quarterly meeting.

July 27-29: Blessing of the Fleet

This three day celebration features a festival on Thursday, followed by a 10-mile road race on Friday, and the Blessing of the Fleet on Saturday.

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August 10: National Oyster Day at Narragansett Brewery

Join us in celebrating National Oyster Day at Narragansett Brewery from 5-8 PM.

August 18: Dockside Dinner at Fort Adams

Mark your calendars for August 18th. More information and tickets coming soon.

RI Seafood is partnering with Eating with the Ecosystem to bring you a dinner on the docks.

September 16: 7th Annual Rhode Island Calamari Festival

11:00 AM- 4:00 PM

One of Narragansett's largest events, serving more than 1,000 pounds of calamari, enjoy tastings from local restaurants, live music, and local artisans.

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October 7: 9th Annual Ocean State Oyster Festival

1-7 PM River Walk Park, Providence, RI

Celebrate and recognize the oyster as a treasured natural resource in Rhode Island with the largest collection of oyster farms from the Ocean State assembled at one time.

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RI Seafood Dinner on the Docks

RI Seafood is partnering with Eating with the Ecosystem to host a dinner on the docks at Fort Adams State Park.

Mark your calendars for August 18th. More information and tickets coming soon.

Stay tuned for more information.

Fishermen Profiles

Know your charter and commercial harvesters

Meet commercial fishermen Pat Harkin. Pat has been fishing his whole life, and started in the commercial industry eight years ago. Pat's passion for fishing started with freshwater and when he caught a bass in his early teens, and he was hooked.

He fishes off a 25-foot center console boat. Pat fishes from May to November for a variety of species including stripped bass, black sea bass, fluke, tuna and more.

Pat trailers his boat throughout the state and New England to find the best fishing grounds. Pat says that his favorite part of his job is the pursuit of finding the fish and analyzing the tactics needed to catch them.

He enjoys being able to provide great local seafood to the public. Pat's catch can be found at Narragansett Bay Lobster and Red's Best.

Meet Rhode Island native, and charter boat captain, Jasper Coutu. He has been the owner and operator of F/V C-Angel running Twenty/Aught Charters in Galilee since 2019.

Jasper is one of the younger fishermen and business owners of the fleet in Galilee. He runs charter trips from May to December catching species that include striped bass, bluefish, fluke, black sea bass, tuna, and tautog. Jasper says that his favorite part of his job is spending his days on the water, learning each day, and being able to reflect on how far he has come in an industry that he had no prior background in.

Jasper tries to be as involved in the industry as he can be, and wants to continue watching the fisheries thrive and succeed in Rhode Island. He understands the sustainability of each fishery and wants to do what he can to ensure he will be able to share his passion with others for many years.

JORDYN KASTLUNGER

Fisheries Marketing Specialist

C: (619) 278-8275

Jordyn.Kastlunger.ctr@dem.ri.gov

RI Seafood Marketing Collaborative Website