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a `Fjowly op %1pwwge 44PIe a Op Town of Mashpee Shellfish Commission 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, MA 02649 MINUTES OF MEETING May 8, 2012 Attendance: William Holmes, Stephen Marques, Peter Thomas & Richard York Public: Marcus Hendricks (MWT), John Mendes (DMF/MWT), and Vernon Pocknett (MWT) Convene Meetina: 7:00 PM Approval of Minutes: March 6, 2012 Vote - unanimous approval Shellfish Constable's Report: A theft of approximately 2,000 oysters from trays at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Shellfish Aquaculture Grant at Punkhorn Point was reported this morning by farm manager Kris Clark. The oysters were 2" to 3" in size. The Environmental Police were notified and planned to check shellfish dealers for oysters that size coming in. One dealer in Chatham sells oysters from farms that are less than the 3" legal size to out-of-state markets (petite oysters) as allowed by Mass. DMF. Also today, a fisherman reported that someone dumped cat litter with feces on the side of the road and on a dirt path on the property at 5 Seconset Island Road on the causeway next to the culvert at the creek. The owner previously placed boards across the path to block public access to the creek which is on her property. The creek is permanently closed to shellfishing 100' either side of the road by the DMF because of contamination by fecal coliform bacteria. The Conservation Commission hearing on Richard Cook's new shellfish aquaculture site in Popponesset Bay scheduled for May 24. Dead white sucker fish were found washed up on the shores of Santuit Pond last week with no signs of injury. They are bottom fish which were spawning. They may have died from disease or old age. The number of dead fish was estimated at about 100 or more. No other species of fish were found dead. It is not likely that the SolarBee water circulators were involved because the white suckers are bottom fish and the blades of the circulator tum so slowly that fish could avoid them. Old Business: Shellfish Relays: The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Fish, Wildlife and Natural Resources Commission's request for a relay 250 bushels of contaminated quahogs from the Taunton River to Popponesset Bay by was discussed. The site to plant the quahogs was identified as the shoreline south of the Mashpee Neck Landing down to the beach about 700' to the south. If they are planted before June 15, they can be harvested when the area opens for shellfishing on November 1. (The area inclosed to shellfishing from April 1 to