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Matunuk Oyster Bar will reopen for outside dining on July 1

Economic Activity 06/26/2025

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Weeks after a devastating fire, The Matunuk Oyster Bar will open for outdoor dining. After receiving approvals from both the General Assembly...

CRACKING DOWN: Fred Mattera, president of the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, says federal legislation to crack down on illegal fishing by foreign vessels could be a boost for the Rhode Island fishing industry.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Pirate’ fishing vessels a target of federal bill

Economy 05/23/2025

Fred Mattera, president of the South Kingstown-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, can recall when foreign commercial fishing vessels could often be spotted off the...

Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump’s push...

Economic Activity 05/09/2025

STONINGTON, Maine (AP) – Virginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine's chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state's lifeblood industry...

Some in seafood industry see Trump as fishermen’s friend, but tariffs...

Economy 12/13/2024

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the oldest sectors of...

State awards $662K in 2024 Local Agriculture and Seafood Act funds

Food & Agriculture 03/29/2024

PROVIDENCE – More than 40 local farmers, fishers and specialty food producers will share $662,000 in funding from the 2024 Local Agriculture and Seafood...

BLUE HARVEST Fisheries in New Bedford filed Chapter 7 on Sept. 8 in U.S. federal court in Delaware, according to report in The New Bedford Light.

Blue Harvest Fisheries files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Economic Activity 09/14/2023

NEW BEDFORD – A Massachusetts-based fishing and processing company has filed for bankruptcy. Blue Harvest Fisheries LLC filed Chapter 7 protection on Sept. 8 in...

David Burke’s newest restaurant to feature steak and seafood at the...

Dining Out 03/17/2023

It had been quite some time since I had attended a restaurant opening, so it was a pleasure to attend the grand opening of...

Seafood and meat fraudster gets 10 years in federal prison

Food & Agriculture 05/06/2022

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island man convicted of cheating food distributors out of more than $800,000 worth of seafood delicacies and prime...

FOOD EXPORT USA - NORTHEAST has received a multiyear $20 million grant that largely be used to promote Northeast seafood industry suppliers. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CAROLINE BLUMBERG

Nonprofit gets $20M from feds to promote Northeast seafood exports

Food & Agriculture 09/04/2019

PROVIDENCE – A nonprofit focused on facilitating trade between Northeast food, agricultural and seafood suppliers, and international importers has received $20 million from the...