A research professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Marine Laboratory is investigating how changing water temperatures off the coast of Massachusetts and particularly Martha’s Vineyard impacts the offspring of a valuable state fishery. Elizabeth Fairchild, research associate professor at the marine laboratory and a scientist with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment […]
To the Editor: As a resident of Lagoon Pond with an aquaculture plot right in front of my house, I have to say I am shocked that the Natural Resources Advisory Committee essentially let the foxes draft the document for henhouse security. Shellfish Constable Danielle Ewart a reliable voice for science and for our […]
Jeffrey Canha was the first Tisbury resident to get an aquaculture license for the Lagoon when the town passed its first set of regulations in 2019. He had high hopes for the industry, investing his savings into shellfish seed and an operation on the Lagoon side of Beach Road: a shipping container serving as his […]
The Tisbury Select Board unanimously approved establishing a designated but temporary area to anchor boats in Lagoon Pond this week. The anchorage area is required by the state to protect eelgrass and shellfish in the Lagoon, and is expected to be in effect until October 31. Both the towns of Tisbury and Oak Bluffs received […]
After a lengthy public hearing process, the Tisbury Select Board unanimously voted to deny an application to relocate a shellfish propagation area in Lagoon Pond during a Wednesday, July 26, meeting. Jeffrey Canha, owner of Husselton Head Oysters and a Tisbury waterways committee member, applied to relocate his shellfish propagation lease area to a new […]