bluefin tuna
Frustrated by policies that increase overfishing, a San Francisco-based environmental group filed suit in federal court last week against the...
Oyster in a bushel
Chez Panisse is arguably the best and most influential restaurant in the country. The restaurant’s founder, Alice Waters, has become the figurehead...
Criticism of the annual Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament resurfaced at the town selectmen’s meeting this week, with a local group asking the...
The federal government will continue to foot the bill for its mandatory at-sea monitoring program for another year, after meeting with fishermen...
The federal government will continue to foot the bill for its mandatory at-sea monitoring program for another year, after meeting with fishermen...
illustration striped bass
Striped bass were scarce at this year's derby, following a trend in recent years, but Vineyard fishermen may have reason for optimism after two...
Mike Syslo Paul Bagnall
It happens every autumn; a big northeaster blows across the Island stirring the waters all along the waterfront. After the storm has passed, a...
Chelsea Bouchard bluefish
Two fishermen participating in the 66th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby had their leading fish pulled from the contest on...
kids fishing wharf
A chilly northeast breeze was no deterrent to the Kids Day Derby on Sunday morning, which drew close to 200 youngsters to the Oak Bluffs Steamship...
Atlantic mackerel
Warming waters around Martha’s Vineyard have discouraged what once were abundant fish. Top fisheries scientists with the National Marine Fisheries...
shark
Knowledge of the Atlantic great white shark has been relegated for too long to the fevered imaginations of nervous beachgoers and boaters. With the...
Catherine
Catherine Kilduff has a childhood memory of summering in Vineyard Haven and having a day at the beach when she found a number of spider crabs. She...

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