11/13/2018 SHELLFISH COMMISSION Minutes

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Request for Board Secretary: A Request was made to Human Resources for a Board Secretary. There was a request sent to the town's currently participating secretaries and no one was able to take on anymore boards at this time. Therefore the committee will have to record the meeting from now on. Motion: Marques made a motion accept recording the meetings. Holmes seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. Public Access: No Update. There is a need to find more areas for access to water. Some previously used areas are no longer available to the general public. The area once used to access Shoestring Bay is private property and can no longer be used by the public. New Business Shellfish Aquaculture License Interest in the Waquoit Bay Area:Scott,Matoian Mashpee resident Scott Matoian is interested in applying for a grant in the Waquoit Bay area. The last area deemed to be an area with the least conflict for Shellfish Aquaculture use is located in the northern part of Hamblin Pond. This are is just south of the contaminated closure, and north of the smallest island in the pond. Holmes: "Is the area to close to the contaminated closure line in the pond? Also, is this area in Falmouth or Mashpee?" Fisher: "No the area is outside the contaminated area, and the area is in fact in Mashpee. The USGS map overlay of the town boundary over water is wrong and this has been worked out in the past. I will need to contact the planning and/or the accessing department to get a more concrete answer on that observation." Additional Topics: Shellfislt Mitigation Plait Draft (Modeled from the Dennis Department of Natural Resources): Fisher: " I have written a Shellfish Mitigation Plan for all new docks moving forward is shellfish-suitability areas mapped by the Department of Marine Fisheries. The plan is as written(copy sent to board members for review)."