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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help Rhode Island fishermen and fishing communities across the country, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are leading a bipartisan effort calling on the Obama Administration to support... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate voted 61 to 33 for a $60.4 billion Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill to help Rhode Island and other states clean up and recover from damage left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.  U.S. Senators Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help Rhode Island fishermen, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that $150 million is included in the Senate Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill for several fisheries disasters... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today joined with Governor Lincoln Chafee to announce $6 million in federal funding for the Quonset Development... Read More

Washington, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation is applauding an announcement today by the U.S. Department of Commerce declaring a disaster for the Northeast groundfish fishery.  Last month, Rhode Island joined other... Read More

POINT JUDITH, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced that the top regional officials from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will be in Rhode Island on... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – After securing an important go-ahead from federal officials, the Ocean State today took a critical step toward developing commercial wind programs in federal waters off the coast of Rhode Island through the U.S. Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is pushing legislation that for the first time would give Rhode Island fishermen a seat at the table of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), a government board that establishes... Read More

POINT JUDITH, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined local fishermen, officials from the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF), and the captain, crew, and researchers of the Darana R to discuss collaborative fisheries research and the... Read More

April 14, 2011 U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today discussed Rhode Island fisheries with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke at the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Hearing.  Read More

MATUNUCK, RI - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a strong advocate of shell fishermen and the state's sustainable aquaculture industry, visited Matunuck Oyster Bar to meet with local oyster farmers to discuss Rhode Island's growing aquaculture... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to bolster the commercial fishing industry in Southern New England and help support local Rhode Island fishermen, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to protect and conserve Rhode Island's fish and wildlife populations and preserve open spaces, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $4,044,499 through the Dingell-Johnson Sport... Read More