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Skel-sh Aquaculture License area expansion:Hamblin Pond/bark Burtis and Chris <br /> Burtis: <br /> Mark and Chris Burtis presented their grant expansion area in Hamblin Pond. <br /> They are currently permitted though the town to grow shellfish on a 1 acre grant in <br /> Hamblin Pond, and they are proposing to increase the grant to a 7 acre parcel in the <br /> immediate vicinity of the existing grant(as shown in figure 1 attached). The area in <br /> Hamblin Pond was surveyed for navigation and a parcel was chosen with the amount of <br /> acreage they could achieve without impeding on local boat traffic. The waterways <br /> commission approved the application moving forward with added navigational markers <br /> located at lengths B, E, D, and A (see application) to ensure the grant is easy to identify <br /> from a boat underway. <br /> Committee Questions: <br /> Holmes: " Trays have washed up on other grants in Falmouth. How will <br /> you secure your gear?" <br /> Burtis: " We will use screw anchors and/or large <br /> mushroom anchors along with secure line attachments for our <br /> floating bags." <br /> Marques: "How far back does the much go toward the island?" <br /> Burtis: The muck is more than a foot deep in areas. Our grant as <br /> outlined doesn't go to the landward side of the island where there <br /> is some sandy areas. <br /> Holmes: Where will you overwinter your product?" <br /> Burtis:"We have access to a commercial cooling at the Little River <br /> Boatyard. We also have two slips that we can offload our product. <br /> We have thought of putting them on the bottom or in the ground in <br /> a moist environment. This has been done in other areas." <br /> Fisher: " With access to a cooler the oysters can be deposited for <br /> the winter and covered with moist burlap to prevent desiccation. <br /> Some growers have seen at least a 90% survival rate by doing this. <br /> Oysters are quite hardy" <br /> Motion: Marques moved to support the oyster grant expansion application moving <br /> forward. Holmes seconded the motion, and added that the Burtis family has done a great <br /> job thus far to accommodate for boat traffic and grant markers. All voted unanimously in <br /> favor. <br />