Prodigal groundfish permit comes back to the Island

Prodigal groundfish permit comes back to the Island

Capt. Greg Mayhew, shown aboard the fishing vessel Unicorn. —MV TimesMatt Mayhew in front of the Lady M. —Ella Munnelly More than a decade ago, Greg Mayhew was set to retire as a commercial fisherman and decommission his 75-foot dragger Unicorn, a staple on Dutcher Dock in Chilmark. But the loss of him and his vessel from the Menemsha docks would mean the loss of the Island’s last federal groundfish permit, and there was no Island buyer to take …