Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman's Association

Leading the way:

Learn more about the Hook Association’s pioneering role in creating community-based, fishermen-run cooperatives, called sectors.

fisheries news

 

March 16, 2012   Meet the Fishermen: Chris Merl Wicked Local Barnstable

March 16, 2012   Faulty data blamed for overfishing cod Cape Cod Times

November 17, 2011   New England fishermen tell lawmakers, don't scrap fishing system Boston Globe

November 16, 2011   State Seeks $21 Million in Relief for Fishing Losses Cape Cod Times

October 30, 2011   Proponents defend catch share system Seacoast Online

October 21, 2011   Feds to cover cost of fishery observers Cape Cod Times

April 17 & 18, 2011   Fishermen Adapt to New Rules New Quota System Gains Support Cape Cod Times

March 25, 2011 Local hook fishermen sell their cod directly to Whole Foods Cape Cod Times

March 2, 2011 Keep the Cape Voice- Put Tom Dempsey on the New England Fishery Management Council Cape Cod Times

 

December 3, 2010 Community Supported Fishery Program Generates Enthusiasm Barnstable Enterprise

December 1, 2010 NMFS finalizes key rule for Atlantic herring fishery Provincetown Banner

November 29, 2010 Letter: Herring bycatch issue backwards; real issue is why fleet cannot avoid haddock Seafood.com

November 2, 2010 Alewife: Returning An Old Favor   The Boston Globe

October 17, 2010 Wellfleet bite-size attraction, big taste Cape Cod Times

October 10, 2010 Get Hooked on Fresh Fish   Cape Cod Times

October 1, 2010 Vineyard Fishermen Challenge Absent Herring Rules in Court Vineyard Gazette

September 20, 2010 My View: Fishery Future Hangs on Herring Vote Cape Cod Times

Fall 2010 John Pappalardo: Bringing  Locally-Harvested Fish Home Again Edible Cape Cod

August 25, 2010 Catch up with a CSF for fresh, local fish Cape Cod Today

July 29, 2010 Catch of the Day: Local Customers Cape Cod Times

July 20, 2010 Hook Fishermen's Poised to  Enter a New Era The Cape Codder

July 13, 2010 Warming Waters Exacerbate Dwindling New England Fisheries The Daily Climate

June 5, 2010 A Disaster Reaches Beyond the Gulf Coast The New York Times

June 2, 2010 Fisheries:  What's the Catch? Nature

June 2 , 2010 Reeling in Stripers Edible Boston

May 14, 2010 Gulf Spill May Far Exceed Official Estimates NPR

May 2, 2010 Our View: New Fishing Rules Need Time to Work The Portland Press Herald

April 29, 2010 Commerce Secretary replies to Members of Congress SavingSeafood.com

April 25, 2010 Story and Video: Running Upstream Wareham Week

March 31, 2010 Good monitoring imperative in herring count Newburyport Daily News

March 23, 2010 Fisheries Meeting Catches Criticism Cape Cod Times

March 12, 2010 CCCHFA on dogfish quotas Saving Seafood

March 5, 2010 Bass bill endangers both fish and fishermen Cape Codder

March 3, 2010 CCCHFA named Local Hero Cape Cod Times

February 28, 2010 Fishermen decry new scallop limits Cape Codder

February 24, 2010 Fishermen: Catch limits go too far Cape Cod Times

February 19, 2010 Key elements of fisheries regulation under fire Cape Cod Times

February 12, 2010 Report validates fishermen's concerns Cape Codder

January 21, 2020 Patrick: Bass bill is dead in the water Cape Cod Times

January 18, 2020 Mass. weighs commercial striped bass fishing ban - Page 1 & 2 Boston Globe

January 18, 2010 Cape to get $30M for habitat restoration Cape Codder