Plymouth
UMass Dartmouth Students Sample Trash Fish Meals
SouthCoastToday: UMass Dartmouth students sampled four seafood species often described as under-appreciated by conservation groups and which a Plymouth company is trying to bring into university dining halls. “They’re fish (that) consumers should know more. They’ve never really been...
Repairing the Mayflower II
Finding the Mayflower II as she sat in dry dock at the Fairhaven Shipyard was pretty easy—I just had to look for the old-fashioned crows nests jutting above the houses and buildings of the port. Inside the yard, I...
Fly Fishing on Duxbury Bay, MA
If you spend much time on Duxbury Bay, chances are you’ve seen Capt. Dave Bitters zipping around the maze of flats and channels in his beige-hulled, 22’ Carolina Skiff. Such navigational confidence is only gained through extensive time on...
Plymouth, MA, to Rebuild T-Wharf
Boston Globe: Closed to vehicles and with limited pedestrian access, Plymouth’s deteriorating T-Wharf in historic downtown is not only a nuisance to local fishermen, it’s also a money pit for the town. Temporary repairs have done little to help...
Right Whale and Calf Faring Well in Cape Cod Bay
CapeCodOnline: A North Atlantic right whale mother and calf are in cold, stressful conditions off the coast of Plymouth Harbor, scientists said Tuesday. But the good news is that 32-year-old Wart and what is believed to be her 7th...
Right Whale and Calf Spotted off Plymouth, MA
CapeCodOnline: A right whale mother and her young calf were spotted in the waters off Plymouth on Saturday , marking the earliest sighting of these animals on record in the area. Right whales have their young in...
Plymouth, MA, Herring Run Being Restored
Roughly 150,000 herring will be swimming up Town Brook in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to reach the Billington Sea next spring, according to a release from NOAA. The herring runs of Town Brook, which empties into Plymouth Harbor just 300 feet...
2 Rescued After Capsize in Cape Cod Bay
Herald News: A local man and his brother are being hailed as heroes after rescuing 2 capsized boaters from the frigid waters of Cape Cod Bay. Richard Greenwald and his brother, Tommy Menendez, were fishing about a mile off...
Swimmers Conquer Plymouth-to-Provincetown Swim
Boston.com: Hours before dawn Tuesday, five people waded into the waters off White Horse Beach in Plymouth and began swimming toward Provincetown, a 20-mile swim they hope will become the prototype for a new marathon swim event. Each member...
Boaters Enter Duct Tape Kayak in Plymouth Race
Patriot Ledger: Saturday’s Great River Race will be a true tale of the tape for 3 veteran kayakers from Plymouth . Alex Russo, Dave Arruda and Brett Muirhead, co-workers at Billington Sea Kayak, spent the last month building a...
