Gloucester
Coast Guard Tows Fishing Boat to P-Town
Cape Cod Today: The Coast Guard announced Tuesday night that the Cutter Grand Isle, out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, was towing a Provincetown-based fishing vessel to Provincetown. Around 5:30 p.m., the crew of Knot A Care notified the Coast Guard...
More MA Shellfish Closures
Due to high amounts of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) toxin (also known as “red tide”) in shellfish, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has closed shellfish beds along many parts of the North Shore. Digging, harvesting or collecting shellfish, including...
Gloucester, MA, Sees Rise in Cruise Ship Traffic
USA Today reports that Gloucester, Massachusetts, is the new hot stop for cruise ships. As many as 30 cruise vessels are expected to visit the historic fishing port this year, says the article, starting with a call by Holland...
Gloucester Bound for Cod
By Capt. Jeff Smith, Fin-Addiction Charters Each April a few friends and I travel to Gloucester, Massachusetts, to fish with Captain Bruce Sweet, owner and operator of Sweet Dream Sportfishing. Sweet runs a beautiful 35 Henriques Express with twin...
Cape Ann Museum Debuts Schooner Model
The Gloucester Times reported that the Cape Ann Museum has added a new ship model to its collection. The model is a replica of the Gloucester fishing schooner Elsie, and was created by model-maker Erik Ronnberg Jr., who spent...
Harborwalk Project Underway in Gloucester, MA
Gloucester Times: Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray brought the Seaport Advisory Council to Gloucester this past Wednesday, with grants of nearly $6 million on the agenda for formal vote and distribution for port projects. And those grant include an...
MA Lobsterman Dies in Accident
Boston.com: For Peter Prybot, lobstering was not just a profession but a way of life. For more than 40 years, he caught and sold the crustaceans, wrote about the fishing industry, and photographed the people, places, and boats. Authorities...
Lecture Focuses on Climate Change, Flooding
The Gloucester Adventure Natural History of Cape Ann Lecture Series is sponsoring a lecture by Ellen M. Douglas, PhD of the Hydrology, Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Dept. at UMASS Boston. Ms. Douglas’ lecture is titled Climate Change and...
Economic Assessment Teams Deployed to Fishing Communities
The U.S. Commerce Department announced Wednesday, that economic development assessment teams will deploy next month to conduct a 2-day analysis of 6 Northeast fishing communities. The teams will visit Portland, Maine; Seabrook, New Hampshire; New Bedford, Massachusetts; Gloucester, Massachusetts;...
Fishermen to Comment on Proposed Tuna Regs
Fishermen in Maine and Massachusetts will get an opportunity to voice their opinions on proposed regulations that Maine U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree says could put Northeast tuna fishermen out of business. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NMFS) has...
