CRMC approves Jamestown oyster farm expansion

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: January 16, 2026

Words: 544

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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A Jamestown oyster farm is poised for expansion, after receiving unanimous approval from the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council on Tuesday.

The council’s swift stamp of approval lets Rocky Rhode Oyster Co. owner Brad Boehringer add 3.5 acres to his existing, 7.8-acre oyster farm in Jamestown’s Dutch Island Harbor.

The uncontested review was an anomaly in the increasingly contentious debate between oyster farmers, fishermen and coastal residents warring over use and views of …

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