Dan Mathers
Dan Mathers is a freelance writer and publisher of the online New England outdoors site SixStates.net. He is a former associate editor for Offshore magazine, and his work has been published in Cape Cod Life, South Shore Living and Adirondack Life. For more information, visit danmathers.com.
Kingman Yacht Center to Hold Fishing Tourney
Kingman Yacht Center in Cataumet, Massachusetts, is holding its annual 24-hour big-game fishing tournament starting Friday, August 31. The offshore fishing tournament attracts hardcore fishermen, and the trash-talking has already begun, with the crew from last year’s winner, WaveGuide,...
Maine’s Cuckhold’s Light Seeks Two Keepers
Maine’s Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station is seeking two keepers — partners who are gracious hosts, skilled in hospitality and guest services, adept at building maintenance and repairs, and able mariners. Keepers will reside on an island off the...
Maritime Aquarium’s Study Cruises Return in May
In May, the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut will begin offering hands-on study cruises where visitors can enjoy a boat ride and see crabs, fish, lobsters and other creatures brought up right out of Long Island Sound. According to...
CT Soundkeeper Honored
Connecticut State Representative Terry Backer, was honored Monday for 25 years heading the non-profit Long Island Soundkeeper Fund, according to CTNow.com. During a ceremony before about 100 people at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection offices in Hartford,...
Casco Bay Champion Bertocci Celebrated in Article
A recent article in The Forecaster profiled Andy Bertocci, a volunteer who has spent the better part of 1 or 2 Saturdays a month from April through October for the past 20 years helping monitor the quality of water...
Massachusetts Scientists to Co-Farm Seaweed and Oysters
A new initiative by the Marine Biological Laboratory, based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, will pair oysters and seaweed in an aquaculture project they hope will combine a new business opportunity for fisherman with a solution for cleaning up coastal...
Cape Cod Seal Pup Season Comes Early
Federal scientists say the Northeast’s harbor seal pupping season is starting two months early, and they’re urging people to be cautious when they see the young animals, according to an article in the Cape Cod Times. Scientists at the...
Connecticut Fishway Dedicated on Earth Day
State officials and environmental activists attended an Earth Day celebration and dedication of Save the Sound’s Wallace Dam fishway project in Wallingford, Connecticut on Sunday. According to EnvironmentalHeadlines.com, the installation of the fishway at Wallace Dam in the Quinnipiac...
Whole Foods Stops Selling Unsustainable Seafood
Whole Foods Market has stopped selling fish caught from depleted waters or through ecologically damaging methods, according to an article on NPR.org. As of last Sunday—Earth Day—the natural supermarket chain no will longer carry wild-caught seafood that is “red-rated,”...
April Squidding on Cape Cod
In a recent column on CapeCodToday.com, writer and fisherwoman Bethany Gibbons talks about fishing for squid on Cape Cod. Gibbons found the squid running early this year in a small estuary running from a local salt pond. Besides detailing...
