Updated: Dec 17, 2018
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.
Updated: Dec 17, 2018
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.
Updated: Dec 17, 2018
October 22, 2016
We are proud to announce that we have officially hired Shelley Edmundson, our local conch/whelk biologist, as our Executive Director. Our organization can be a complicated one, requiring an understanding of how quotas, catch limits, permits, and regulations work and how they are purchased, leased, and managed, in addition to the standard cat-herding necessary at all small non-profits. And then there is the biology behind the fisheries that makes catching it sustainable. Shelley has served on the board of our organization for years, and we are certain she's up for the challenge!
