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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 2019 RIMFI Fall meeting will be held on Dec 3 at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography Bay Campus in Narragansett, RI. This meeting will feature non-RIMFI work done by the RIDEM Division
of Marine Fisheries staff to showcase the Division’s research program. An agenda is attached and below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Meeting Notice - Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Institute
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Tuesday, December 3, 2019 <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">3:00 – 5:00 PM </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">University of Rhode Island - Graduate School of Oceanography
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Coastal Institute Large Conference Room
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agenda </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">1. Introduction – C. McManus <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">2. A management strategy evaluation for the summer flounder recreational fishery - J. McNamee
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">3. Improving juvenile fish populations through habitat enhancement: evaluating the use of oyster reefs as a tool to increase fish productivity – P. Barret
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">4. Designing a long-term ventless fish pot monitoring and assessment program for recreationally important finfish – R. Balouskus
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">5. Assessing changes in bottom fish community before, during, and after the Block Island Wind Farm development – J. Livermore
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">6. Changes in the benthic fish community in relation to Brayton Point power plant operations – C. Truesdale
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">7. An overview of the Rhode Island EQIP oyster restoration initiative – E. Schneider
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">8. Climate variability influence on trap survey detectability for a thermally-influenced American lobster – C. McManus
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">For more information on the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Institute, please visit our website:
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__web.uri.edu_rimfi_&d=DwQFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=3BstAh1AIW6SHvV_EHOlOepYPd7JCak2xCc2dTp6fSKIbravRbCWe8iBt1PxQJ3O&m=H14k3c_KJbJRfi2IzKLT8EbuJaaUXU-khESejLU8d1Y&s=AthbqekdHUKH4V7eVsOGg6laoTROddUdbW8rCNmLivU&e=">https://web.uri.edu/rimfi/</a> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The order in which these items will be taken is subject to change; other items may be added as necessary.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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