Massachusetts environmental police are investigating an incident in Menemsha involving the death of a commercial fishermen’s lobster catch.
Massachusetts environmental police are investigating an incident in Menemsha involving the death of a commercial fishermen’s lobster catch.
At seven o’clock on a Sunday morning, most students would still be asleep. But Otto Osmers and Chris Mayhew were wide awake and eager to pull their 25 lobster pots obtained on a state student lobster permit.
Lobsters are “indeterminate growers” meaning that they grow their entire life.
I always liked spending time with my father when I was young, the bench seat in the red Dodge Ram always felt so big and comfortable.
Butter stained tables line the dock of Menemsha harbor where on summer evenings fresh lobsters are eaten off paper plates as the sun sets on another Vineyard day. Finger licking is required, bibs are optional.
Lobsters are a celebration says Larsen’s Fish Market owner Betsy Larsen.
For Danielle Pappas, volunteer at Grace Church’s weekly summer lobster roll sale, three words best describe the event.
“It’s hectic, hectic, hectic,” she said last Friday, making sure to speak loudly across the small, packed kitchen. The room rang with laughter as 20 or so volunteers, wearing aprons reading “Have you hugged an Episcopalian today?” worked feverishly.