Tom Richardson
Tom Richardson is the co-director and host of BoatingLocal. Before that he served as the editor of Northeast Boating from 2005 to 2009, and as managing editor of Salt Water Sportsman magazine from 1995 to 2004. He lives, boats and fishes in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife and three kids.
CT Fishermen Face New Limits on Blackfish, Fluke, Porgy
Charles Walsh has an article on CTPost.com on possible changes in coastal sportfishing regulations in Connecticut for 2012, which may include deep cuts in the recreational fluke, blackfish and scup (porgy) quotas. Here’s an excerpt: CTPost.com: Every year about...
Mackerel, Herring Showing Early off MA
Gloucester Times: The mild winter we’ve had this season is causing an unusual phenomenon in the ocean: It appears that the recreational fishing season is starting weeks ahead of its normal pattern. In Gloucester Harbor, fishermen have been landing...
Article Profiles Casco, ME, Baykeeper Payne
Working Watefront: Mary Cerullo, who has worked with Friends of Casco Bay Baykeeper Joe Payne for 13 years, says she likes to describe him as “gracious and tenacious.” He has a “work-with” attitude, she says, which has made it...
Police Called in to Stop Cape Cod Cottage Demo
CapeCodOnline: The police have now been pulled into the North Beach Island fray . On Tuesday , the board of selectmen recommended that Police Chief Mark Pawlina enforce a town rule that requires the federal government...
Herring Counters Wanted on Jones River, MA
The Jones River Watershed Association is putting out a call for herring counters to monitor returning herring in the Jones River in Kingston, Massachusetts, starting Sunday, April 1 through Thursday, May 31. The goal, according the JRWA, is to...
MA Seeks No-Discharge Zone for Cape & Islands
Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr. submitted an application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state waters south of Cape Cod and the waters surrounding Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as the...
Video: 2012 New England Saltwater Fishing Show
BoatingLocal has a booth at the 2012 New England Saltwater Fishing Show, presented by the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association, and we decided to bring the video camera along on Day 1 to give you a look at all...
Wolfie’s Carbon Guitar
David “Wolfie” Wolfe is one of those creative types you find at just about every boat yard. A composites expert at Burr Brothers in Marion, Massachusetts, Wolfie is also a musician who has played the guitar since he was...
Record Year for Cape Cod Dolphin Strandings
Cape Cod Online reports that 3 more dolphins were reported stranded in Wellfleet on Tuesday afternoon , bringing the total number of strandings this winter to 182—a new record. Of those, 108 dolphins were found dead. Of the...
Block Island Wind Farm Clears First Hurdle
Block Island Times: Deepwater Wind this week received the first approval in the long process it must go through to receive the necessary permits to construct an offshore wind demonstration project located within 3 miles of Block Island’s southern...
