Fishing
On Thursday, officials from the state Division of Marine Fisheries division traveled to the Vineyard to hold a public hearing and announced that the regulations to the recreational fisheries were essentially set in stone.
The State Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing in Vineyard Haven on Thursday, March 12.
The venerable saltwater fishing contest entering its 75th year, will eliminate striped bass from the competition this fall.
As striped bass stocks have declined, the debate over how to best manage this prized fish has become more heated.
The Coast Guard called off its search late Monday for three missing fishermen who were lost after their commercial scalloping vessel capsized 24 nautical miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard Sunday afternoon.
Ten-year-old Aubrey Warburton became the youngest angler in the derby’s history to take home the grand prize car, a brand new Subaru Impreza.