Fishing
As the Chilmark shellfish department wraps up its first summer, efforts at spearheading restoration projects have been successful. Selectman Warren...
The bluefish are in. For at least one fisherman, the arrival was
like an old-fashioned Wasque bluefish blitz.
On Monday, Ed Amaral drove to...
In their continuing effort to support local commercial fishermen,
Chilmark selectmen want to better define such fishermen in the town.
At stake is...
High seas and gusting winds over the weekend prevented the safe
removal of a 71-foot fishing boat that washed onto Norton Point Beach
Saturday...
A vote by the New England Fishery Management Council this week to
further restrict the number of days fishermen can pursue cod and
yellowtail...
The question of how cod stocks fell so low in the waters off New
England is almost as perplexing as the question of how to bring about
recovery....
Capt. Gregory Mayhew, a Vineyard native and lifelong resident of Chilmark, runs the 75-foot steel dragger Unicorn out of Menemsha. This summer, for...
Linda Despres, the chief scientist aboard the Albatross IV, has a
haunting memory of visiting Georges Bank as a 23-year-old scientist.
"I have...
The old wooden sailboat up on blocks inside the shed at the
Martha's Vineyard Historical Society in Edgartown doesn't
look like much.
The white...
If you need to talk to Steve Morris this weekend, you probably
won't find him working behind the counter at his store,
Dick's Bait and Tackle, in...
Even on an Island that knows a little something about shark
hysteria, the upcoming Boston Big Game Fishing Club Monster Shark
tournament is a...
On Wednesday morning, under a warm sun and blue sky, David and Karen
Berube were out on Cape Pogue Pond, at it again.