2/9/2016 SHELLFISH COMMISSION Minutes

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r� Town of Mashpee ' Shellfish Commission 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, MA 02649 MINUTES OF MEETING 2-9-16 Attendance: Peter Thomas, William Holmes, Brian Everett, Marcus Hendricks & Richard York. Public: Darryl Christensen and Richard Cook Convene Meetina: 7:00 PM Public Comment: None Approval of Minutes: Motion to approve the 1-12-16 minutes was made by Holmes and seconded by Thomas. Vote: unanimous to approve as printed. Shellfish Constable's Report: I ordered 4,480 bags of oyster spat on shell (remote set — 1 mm size), and 10 million quahog seed (2 mm size) from the ARC hatchery in Dennis via Barnstable County Cooperative Extension at the County bid price of $911000 for quahog seed, and $12.50/bag for oyster seed. Funds for 2,000 of the oyster bags for the Mashpee River, and the 10 million quahog seed for the SC -16 area are from the October 2015 Town Meeting appropriation for Shellfish Propagation. Barnstable County Cooperative Extension supplied the funds for another 480 bags of oyster seed for the Mashpee River, The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is purchasing 2,000 bags of oyster seed with funds from their EPA Healthy Communities grant to restore oyster beds and water quality in Shoestring Bay. They will also be purchasing cultch with EPA funds. The hiring processes for the new Harbormaster, and Shellfish/Water Quality Technician are underway. Old Business: Propagation 2016 — Seed ordered and preparation on schedule. Comprehensive Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan (CWNMP) -- Articles have been submitted for May Town meeting to create the new Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR), and a DNR Director position. Shellfishery Management Plan -- Seeding oyster beds and quahog areas identified in the CWNMP and closing them for up to 3 years, then opening for harvest on a rotational schedule was discussed. Great River Ramp Reconstruction — Nothing new. Public Access — Darryl Christensen presented maps of some public access sites that he printed out from the Mashpee GIS website, and discussed information about these sites with the Commission.