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Johns Pond was incredibly busy during the middle-end of June and throughout the entire month of <br /> July.our staff conducted dozers of safety inspections,wrote numerous citations, and terminated <br /> multiple vessels/personal watercraft from Johns Pond. I installed a highly visible yellow rope around <br /> the swim area at Coast Guard Beach,with orange fluorescent floats attached.This solved almost all of <br /> our issues with vessels corning inside or near the swim area. Numerous citations were issued for <br /> Negligent Operation of Personal Watercraft;and after attending the hearings at Falmouth District Court, <br /> all of the citations were upheld,and the operators were found responsible. <br /> Mashpeef Wakeb -our overwhelming presence and enforcement action at Johns Pond, began to wear <br /> down the operators of the vessels and personal watercraft causing the issues. By the end of July,we <br /> noticed the vessels causing problems on Johns Pond,shifting over to Mashpee/wakeby. Our office <br /> mirrored the shift, and stepped up our patrols on I ashpee/wakeby, safety Inspections, Citations, and <br /> removing watercraft from the pond once again rade a big difference. By the enol of August, both Ponds <br /> had slowed down considerably and by Labor Day weekend,the ponds were surprisingly calm, <br /> Waquoit-There has been a lot of boating traffic in and out of Waquolt.Washburn has been very busy <br /> on weekends with families enjoying the great weather we have had each weekend.There have been no <br /> major enforcement issues or violations to note in waquoit.-The fishing has picked up.The water is full of <br /> baitfish,and on Patrol I see fish breaking all over the place.There are a lot of boats out enjoying the <br /> great fishing this time of year offers, and the vessels we have checked are in compliance with a l I safety <br /> requirements. <br /> Popponesset was very calm this year. I only had two or three complaints about boating related <br /> violations throughout the entire season. When on Patrol, my staff noted Arno—wake"violations as the <br /> most frequent infraction.These were corrected with a verbal warning, and the boaters continued on <br /> their way at headway speed. <br /> Ken Bates supplemented this report by adding that he and the Town Manager <br /> received an email from Eric Peterson of STB organization expressing concern <br /> about activities by visitors on the Audubon Property at the spit. Enforcement <br /> personnel were notified and there were no issues over the Labor Day weekend. <br /> DNR Director/ shellfish Constable Report: Dick reported active shell fishingin the <br /> Mashpee waters. He noted there is an abundance of stinging jellyfish of the "sea <br /> nettles" variety,( a southern species.) He has put posters up at all of the Town <br /> landings. on shellfish propagation, there are 10 million quahog seed in up <br /> dwellers and trays. oyster bags are located in Mashpee and Shoestring Bay and <br />