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nitrogen from the area, 30 million quahogs would be needed. Mr. York stated that <br /> approximately 30 acres of sandy bottom was available, requiring a harvest of only 20 per square <br /> foot, a density similar to the area as it was 50 years ago. Quantification of the plan would be <br /> expected by the EPA and Mr_ York stated that harvest data was available for the Town and <br /> Tribe's oyster projects and noted that the waquoit area had been designated Sauthcost 16 as a <br /> designated shellfish harvest area by the Mate so the commercial harvest would be electronically <br /> recorded. There was discussion regarding the differences between the casts and monitoring of <br /> sewer plant and the shellfish beds. Mr. York stated that the total amount of reduction needed by <br /> 1lashpee was 9 tons of nitrogen per year in Popponesset and another 9 tons in waquoit. Mr. <br /> York noted that Falmouth has written shellfish into their Cwt' and stated that Ma hpee was <br /> already in possession of hard data regarding the content of nitrogen in shellfish. Mr. York <br /> reported that 2 million oystersWould contain 1 ton of nitrogen, but added that the bacteria <br /> converting the ni <br />