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■ <br /> i <br /> Ma,s hp e e Conservation rami s a on <br /> Meeting of April. to, 1986 <br /> Page Two <br /> herring and -Arun . The herring run is vital to the restoration <br /> effort ,ort . It is an integral part of it, what we would like to <br /> a.ccor plis,h is an out-migration of herring From J'ohn' s Pond in late <br /> summer and fall that will serve as forage . The eventual goal o <br /> the Quashnet Restoration Project is to restore the fisherys we <br /> can't grow brook trout without food, In that light there is acon- <br /> siderable amount of effort going on behind the scenes right now t <br /> acquire graduate students . we have private and public money to fund <br /> those people, " <br /> Ms . duPont said that the Commission has before it a, request from the <br /> Herring warden to do this as spawning has started. She asked if <br /> Mr. Sharpe or lir. Smith had any suggestions . It is suggested that <br /> the fish ladders remain viable , They rust be kept intact. If they <br /> are not , the fish will never get upstream. THIS IS PRIMARY. Also , <br /> it is crucial to have water ging over the ladders . Mr. smith said <br /> that at John' s Pond, it would be very easy to easy to install a series <br /> of steps in the man-made aitch section below John' s Pond which connects <br /> with the Quashnet River. <br /> s. duP nt said that what was before the Commission tonight is to <br /> allow access to the areas where cleaning out of debris a' nd .sil to tion <br /> is -necessary, <br /> Mr. Smith also said that whoever is ring the cranberry bog on the <br /> Quashnet River because at least a minimum flow must be released from <br /> John' s Pond so that the herring can get up there from the ladder. <br /> There has to be some kind of a holding-pool downstream from that <br /> ladder for the fish to ascend the ladder. They have to congregate <br /> and thea move up. A pool does not now exist, That is very, very <br /> { <br /> necessary. That would be one of the things that would be accomplished <br /> by steps . <br /> Robert Maxim, Mashpee Shellfish Commission, said that it is his under-- <br /> standing that the. DPW' s emergency program is basically designed t <br /> remove obvious debris cursory removal and also to remove that portion <br /> f sand which deposits at the head of John's Pond. He said that it <br /> is his understanding that a backhoe would be used to reach into that <br /> portion of the stream which has a delta formation and remove suffi- <br /> cient <br /> ufi- <br /> ci t sand so that there is enough water flow for the fish to have <br /> access to the ladders , Mr. Maxim said that maintenance of these <br /> situations is a constaixt , constant up-grading and maintenance project <br /> not only because of vandalism but also because of natural wear. <br /> s. Berhr a.n stated that an area. around John' s Pond Park -there is a <br />