4/12/2016 SHELLFISH COMMISSION Minutes

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Town of Mashpee _ Shellfish Commission 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, MA 02649 MINUTES OF MEETING 4-12-16 Attendance: Peter Thomas William Holmes, Brian Everett, Marcus Hendricks, Stephen Marques, and Richard York Public: Richard Cook, T.J. Marques, and Michael Ronhock. Convene Meeting: 7:00 PM Public Comment: (none) Approval of Minutes: Motion to approve minutes from 3-8-16, 12-15-15 and 10- 20-15 was made by Marques and seconded by Holmes. Vote: unanimous for approval. Shellfish Constable's_ Report: Shellfish Component of CWNMP Implementation Update: Permits I have added 4,450 bags of remote set oyster seed and 10 million quahog seed to this year's shellfish propagation seed permit from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. The oyster bed restoration project in Shoestring Bay, and reconstruction of the Little River Town Dock floats with the addition of shellfish seed upwellers under the floats to grow quahog seed are on the Conservation Commission agenda on April 14. Personnel Staff to assist the Shellfish Constable with implementation of the Shellfish Component of the Comprehensive Wastewater Nitrogen Management Plan include the new Shellfish and Water Quality Technician to be hired this month, and Waterways Assistants. The deadline for applications for Waterways Assistants is April 15, 2016 and we plan to hire 5 people early in May. Predator Control Crab traps have been deployed since August 2015 to control invasive green crabs that eat shellfish seed. More traps were deployed in March 2016 when the crabs became active after winter. The green crabs are being crushed and placed in Nantucket Sound for fish food. Great River, Jehu Pond, Little River and Hamblin Pond (DMF area SC16) Quahog seed — 10 million small (2 mm) quahog seed are on order from the ARC hatchery in Dennis, MA for delivery in June. The seed will be grown in the upwellers on land next to the Harbormaster Shack at Little River, and then