The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced Wednesday that due to the increased risk of accidental or illicit discharges of sewage from hundreds of boats gathering off Prudence ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Shellfish grounds at the North End of Prudence Island, including Potter’s Cove, will be closed from sunrise on Saturday, July 27 until sunrise on Saturday, Aug. 3. The Rhode ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Around 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island will be closed from July 26 until sunrise on Aug. 2. A map of the shellfishing grounds that will temporarily be ...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced Friday it will reopen Mount Hope Bay shellfishing area after an emergency closure last month. The department said it will open at ...

PROVIDENCE — With more than 3 inches of rain falling Monday in parts of Rhode Island, the Department of Environmental Management on Tuesday announced the closing of approved shellfish areas for seven ...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WPRI) — Dozens of quahoggers took to Greenwich Bay Thursday to assist the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) with transplanting more than 60,000 pounds of ...