RWU research will investigate mercury levels in scup Researchers at Roger Williams University have been awarded a $12,166 grant to investigate levels of mercury in scup, a native Atlantic Ocean fish that is commonly caught and eaten in Rhode Island, the university announced Monday.
June 11, 2013 - Providence Business News
Sheldon Whitehouse in Environment News Service As the waters of Narragansett Bay grow warmer, cold-water fish species with high commercial value, like winter flounder, have been replaced by warmer-water species, like scup, whose value to our fishermen is lower,Whitehouse said. "Melting...