9/17/2018 SHELLFISH COMMISSION Minutes

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V .'..o�vN or, 41 Town of Mashpee Shellfish Commission 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee,MA 02649 MINUTES OF MEETING 9-17-18 Attendance: Peter Thomas, William Holmes, Steven Marques, Ashely Fisher, and Richard York. Public: Darryl Christensen, Mark Burtis, Chris Burtis, and Sam Houghton (Mashpee Enterprise). Convene Meetinj: 7:09 PM Public Comment: None Approval of Minutes: 5-8-18 and 6-26-18 postponed Motion: Holmes made a motion to accept the minutes for 8-7-18 as written. Thomas seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. Department of Natural Resources Director Report: Ashley Fisher was appointed Shellfish Constable on August 13th 2018, leaving a vacancy for the Shellfish and Water Quality technician positon. She was congratulated by the board for her promotion. Summer Waterways Assistants have returned to college and left 2 vacancies in their place. The department is looking to fill temporary positions for the fall oyster season. 2019 shellfish seed budget was out from the October town warrant per 4-1 vote by the selectman (selectman Gottlieb not in favor of the articles removal from the warrant) in the September 11th selectman meeting because of late submission (several hours late of July the 9th), and thus an adaptive management plan was created to continue the CWNMP Phase 1 implementation. This will include shellfish grant expansion and alternative shellfish propagation methods. Local water quality improvements were noted in the Waquoit Bay areas of Hamblin pond, Little River and Great River during a final report given to the Board of Selectman by Brain Howes from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In these areas local improvement was seen with a reduction of total nitrogen by 30-40% needed to achieve TMDL and restore water quality from the Phase 1 implementation of quahog seeding.