pier
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday approved a two-year extension to complete a long-planned Oak Bluffs fishing pier. According to a letter...
boat stranded
After nearly two days of foundering in the surf near a remote coastline in Aquinnah with hundreds of gallons of fuel on board, the Sherry Ann, a 46...
harbor
Harpooned swordfish, once synonymous with the Fourth of July holiday and a staple of the Menemsha fishing fleet, are no longer being caught by...
baby flounder
The thousands of baby flounder being raised at the Wampanoag Tribe’s Aquinnah hatchery will be released late this summer at Clam Point in...
janet messineo
Until recently, Janet Messineo never considered herself an artist. Never mind that over the past 25 years Ms. Messineo, the Island’s only...
blue shark
An eight to ten-foot blue shark was spotted meandering the shallow waters of Dogfish Bar in Aquinnah on Saturday afternoon. Benny Syslo, 20 of...
An eight to ten foot blue shark was spotted meandering the shallow waters of Dogfish Bar in Aquinnah on Saturday afternoon.
Warren Doty
In a reversal this week, Vineyard fishermen dropped their lawsuit over the Cape Wind project, with Cape Wind in turn agreeing to support access and...
John T. Hughes Hatchery Research Station
When the former Massachusetts State Lobster Hatchery in Oak Bluffs was renamed the John T. Hughes Hatchery and Research Center this spring, it also...
In an effort to cut down on the accidental harvesting of river herring and other fish, local fishing authorities ruled this week that all fishing...
Vineyard fishermen may have a fairer shot at lucrative federal and state permits with the introduction this week of two new programs aimed at making...
Jack Blake oyster farm
Out on Katama Bay, with osprey circling overhead and water lapping at the edges of his floating nursery, Jack Blake opens a box of precious cargo. 

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