Fishing
Halifax fisherman Richard Mann was aiming for a derby fish, but hooked a 6-foot tarpon Sunday.
After more than a decade of tending oysters, Dan Martino is ready to pass his knowledge on to the next crop of farmers.
Tom Neadow hooked the first fish of the 79th Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby Sunday morning, weighing in a 5.98-pound bluefish.
At the 79th annual iteration of the derby, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 19, false albacore will be eligible for daily awards and daily prize...
In a recent study, Vineyard bay scallops proved resilient to a parasite that decimated scallops off New York. Researchers say that gives hope for the...
Wednesday was pond stocking day for the Kid’s Trout Tournament which begins at daybreak at Duarte's Pond on Saturday, May 4.
Island fishermen harvested around 2,500 fewer bushels this year, though local scallopers and fishmongers say it wasn’t all bad news for the fishery,...
Dark green and gray, slick with algae, pocked with parasitic scars and polychaete worm tunnels, wild oysters are survivors, fighting everything the...
Federal regulators took steps to bring the striped bass population back from the brink last month when the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission...
As the harvesting season for bay scallops gets underway, Island fishermen and shellfish wholesalers are readying themselves for their annual gamble...
Island recreational fishermen gathered to celebrate the end of the 78th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. Over the course of...
An area south of the Island near where several offshore wind energy companies have secured leases could soon be studied due to the potential adverse...
