Tyler Macallister

Tyler Macallister has made his living as a charter captain and commercial fisherman and appeared on Discovery's Harpoon Hunters.¹ Away from the water, he is a vegetable gardener and beekeeper.² He and his wife, Cindy, raised a daughter and have a black Labrador named Zeke.³

Macallister grew up on Cape Cod and began commercial fishing at 12, first for striped bass and later bluefin tuna.⁴ He settled in Mattapoisett in 2001 and holds degrees in education, business and biology.³¹ He has also held an ownership stake in a solar energy company, according to his financial disclosure.⁵ The television series filmed his fishing work during summer 2024 and premiered in January 2025.¹

His local government experience includes five terms on Mattapoisett's Select Board, alongside other community leadership roles spanning more than two decades.³ His fisheries advocacy also included a 2025 New Bedford roundtable for the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, followed by a Washington meeting on domestic seafood production.⁴

Macallister favors closer cooperation with the Trump administration and opposes further offshore wind development.⁴ His campaign also emphasizes lower household costs, support for fishing businesses, protection of veterans' and seniors' benefits and local public safety.⁶ He faces Democratic incumbent Bill Keating.⁷