The Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance is Gearing Up for “Fish for Family” Events
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Dogfish Tasting Event
As part of our ongoing Saltonstall-Kennedy grant that focuses on product development, marketing and increasing domestic sales of spiny dogfish, also known as “Cape shark,” the Fishermen’s Alliance organized a dogfish tasting event on November 10. The event, held at the Chatham VFW, brought together local chefs, representatives from fish processing companies in New Bedford, corporate food buyers, fishermen and community members to try dogfish prepared in a variety of ways...
Washington DC meets the FCC
Pictured above (left to right) is lobbyist Jeff Pike, Shannon Carroll and Hannah Heimbuch from the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Congressman Don Young, Claire Fitz-Gerald from the Cape Cod Commerical Fishermen's Alliance, Jeff Farvour and Frank Balovich from the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In October 2015, CEO John Pappalardo and Policy Analyst Claire Fitz-Gerald from the Fishermen's Alliance traveled to Washington, D...
How do I cook monkfish?
Trying out a new recipe can be difficult, even daunting for the most experienced chef. One of the things we work toward at the Fishermen's Alliance is to educate and encourage people to try a new seafood species in their every day meals. We have partnered with well-known chefs to bring you some options for preparing seafood caught straight from the Cape Cod waters...
Fishermen Hope for Disaster Cash
Photo by David Colantuono Article by Rich Eldred
2015 Fall Newsletter
This fall, we mailed a newsletter to our members to celebrate advancements in our Fish for Families program, update about our Cape Shark campaign work and introduce Gwen Holden Kelly, a member of our Board of Directors. Below is a preview of the stories. If you want to recieve a mailed copy of the Fall Newsletter and be added to our mailing list, please contact Rachael Burbank at 508-945-2432 ext 111 or This email address is being protected from spambots...
State floats new plan for fishing disaster money
By Doug Fraser The state Division of Marine Fisheries listened to those who wanted a wider distribution of $6.7 million in federal fisheries disaster money. At a meeting of the groundfish disaster aid working group in New Bedford on Friday, the agency laid out a plan where more than $6 million of the money would be used in direct aid to fishermen...
Disburse disaster aid to all active fishermen
By Jan Margeson A typical small-boat fisherman from Cape Cod — or anywhere in the state for that matter — has more than navigating around the tides and the wind to contend with in today’s complicated regulatory world and in the face of a changing ocean. There’s crew to pay to sustain viable communities, gear and fuel to buy to support a coastal economy, and safety equipment to update to make sure they are prepared in any emergency...
Cape legislators urge Baker to spread relief funds across the fleet
CHATHAM – Legislators from the Cape and Islands urged Gov. Charlie Baker to reconsider his current proposal to allocate $6.6 million in federal fisheries disaster money to fishermen who had caught at least 20,000 pounds of groundfish — bottom-feeding fish like cod, haddock and flounder — in 2013 and 2014. Cape fishermen said it would benefit only a relative few boats; they had proposed that the state Division of Marine Fisheries use $4 million to pay for monitors who ride along on groundfish vessels and report on what fishermen catch and what they discard...
