This feature explores the Blue Economy through the lens of a single American state. Rhode Island is the smallest state, but has the second-longest coastline in relation to overall size of any state in the union. More relevantly, however, the connection between the state and the ocean is as strong as can be found anywhere in the US. Rhode Island is known as the “Ocean State” and that is not just a nickname. Its history has been completely defined by its relationship to the ocean. For Rhode Island, its “economy” and its “blue economy” are virtually indistinguishable.