The sold-out screening of A Passion for Oysters at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center a locally produced film that highlights the restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay illustrated Islanders’ own passion for, as well as the struggles in growing, the bivalves. Hosted by the Tisbury Waterways, Inc. (TWI), the gathering attracted fishermen, conservationists, […]
The Tisbury select board unanimously approved changes to the town’s aquaculture regulations that will allow oyster farming closer to the water’s surface. The new regulations come as farmers have complained that poor water quality and more specifically, a lack of oxygen on the bottom of the Lagoon has limited their ability to […]