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`O...... �9s <br /> W 7'own of-Mashpee <br /> SheClfish Commission 16 Great Neck Road.North <br /> �au%eco^ Masrpee,-fhIA 02649 <br /> MINUTES OF MEETING 1-8-19 <br /> Attendance: <br /> Peter Thomas, Steven Marques, Darryl Christensen, Bill Holmes, Ashley Fisher and <br /> Richard York. <br /> Public: Scott Opie (Massachusetts Environmental Police), Scott Matoian, and <br /> Richard Cook <br /> Convene Meeting: 7:00 PM <br /> Public Comment: None <br /> Approval of Minutes: <br /> Motion: Marques made a motion to approve the 12-11-2018 minutes. Christensen seconded the <br /> motion. All voted unanimously in favor. <br /> Shellfish Constable's Report <br /> Fisher: "There has been an incredible amount of theft within the town over the past two months. <br /> The theft included oysters from grant holders in town as well as the town's oyster propagation <br /> program in the Mashpee River. All oysters sold to market were from either SC16 or SC19 and <br /> citations have been issued by the environmental police to an individual as well as a few others <br /> that I am not aware of. The Massachusetts Environmental Police along with the Department of <br /> Natural Resources have been working together on this investigation. Tonight I invited our <br /> regional officer, Scott Opie,to the meeting tonight to discuss the series of events that have <br /> occurred over the past few weeks." <br /> Opie: "The events are still under investigation but I will explain what occurred when I began to <br /> look deeper into the wholesale transactions made. There was a report of a digger on Mike <br /> Ronhock's oyster grant on December the 17th. Four wholesale markets were contacted and we <br /> were able to find that the individual being Kenny Thompson of Mashpee sold a total of 1,000 <br /> pieces to InterBay Seasfoods that same day. Thompson, upon questioning stated that he was <br /> unaware of the perimeter of the grant in SC16 (Ronhock's area). Thompson admitted to the <br /> removal of oysters off thegrant and was cited on the 17th for harvesting oysters from a grant area <br /> without permission under chapter 130 section 67." <br /> Several other transactions were then found at the wholesale dealer after looking into <br /> Kenny Thompson's transactions over the past two months that amounted to 13,000 pieces sold <br /> out of Mashpee waters. These dates span from 11-29-2018 to 12-18-2018 all of which were sold <br /> to Interbay Seafoods expect the transaction from the 18th which was sold to Big Rock Oysters a <br />