3rd Annual Meet the Fleet!

August 31, 2017

Our Meet the Fleet event was a huge success! Visitors enjoyed tours aboard the historic F/V Roann from Mystic, Seaport Museum, live music from Goodnight Louise, crab races, fish printing, fillet demonstrations, buck-a-shuck oysters, and more. This free event was a great opportunity to meet our local fishermen and celebrate our working waterfronts. If you didn't make it this year, be sure to come next year!

Read the writes-up here: Meet the Fleet Showcases Commercial Fishing Revival

Fishermen's Trust Holds 3rd Annual Meet the Fleet in Menemsha

Sea Scallops Return to Menemsha

MV Times Article

July 25, 2018

Wednesday morning, Sam Hopkins and his boat Endurance brought the first sea scallops in years to Chilmark, thanks to a hard-won $1 million permit provided by the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust. Local fishmongers flocked to buy them.

Read the article

Fluke for Luke Derby

July 7, 2018

Last June, the island lost Luke Gurney, an incredible husband, father, friend, and commercial fisherman. We were honored to have Luke on our Board at the MVFPT and miss him every day. 

The Fluke for Luke fishing tournament was created by Luke's friends and. family to celebrate Luke's love of fishing and to support college education for his sons. 

The derby will take place from July 8 to 9, 2017. Register at Dick's or Coop's tackle shops. Fee: $30, which all goes to a trust for Luke's son's college education.