Fishing
The select board voted 2-1 on Dec. 17 to cap the length of boats at the town charter dock to no more than 36 feet after boat owners cited navigation...
Island fishermen expressed disappointment with federal fishing regulators after they declined to enact stronger protections last week for the...
Last year’s bay scallop season ended with mixed results, but fishermen had a reason to be hopeful. In the water there was a large amount of immature...
Federal fishing regulators are considering new ways to help revive the striped bass population after new estimates show the species remains...
Carmelo Torres, who moved to the Vineyard in June to take care of a friend's mother, drew the winning key at the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and...
More than 3,000 fishermen registered this year for the 79th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby. On Sunday, it comes down to...
Looking out at the Elizabeth Islands in the distance on Tuesday, derby competitor Max Eagan cast his rod into the rocky waters off Menemsha.
At 5 a.m. on a recent morning, Noah Mayrand started up his boat and set-out from West Chop looking for false albacore.
About 10 per cent of the derby’s registrants are signed up for the fly rod division this year.
The select boards in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Chilmark all voted this week to set their scalloping dates.
Due to rainy, windy weather, the Kids Derby has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29, the Gazette learned at press time Thursday.
Halifax fisherman Richard Mann was aiming for a derby fish, but hooked a 6-foot tarpon Sunday.
