EDUCATION

A priority of the Block Island Maritime Institue is to preserve the rich maritime heritage of Block Island by providing maritime and marine science related on-island and travel opportunities to local island children.

The Institute also places a special focus on providing experiential education for disadvantaged children from urban areas; and promoting educational exchange between the two groups. Our Education Center on Block Island provides a public sailing school, aquariums, aquaculture education, special programs related to marine science, sailing and maritime history and skills to all age groups and is our venue for group tours and camps for off-island schools and organizations.

AQUACULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The Block Island Maritime Institute holds one of the two culture leases in the Great Salt Pond from which we seed and harvest a bountiful oyster population.

The Block Island Maritime Institute holds a Scientific Collectors Permit from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the collection of various creatures from the Great Salt Pond for educational purposes and maintains a living display at its facility at Smugglers.