03/12/2019 SHELLFISH COMMISSION Minutes

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The Ockway parking lot has been cleared a leveled for hard top and designated trailer and car parking. It is hoped that the Department of Natural Resources will receive approval for a facility to eventually be built in the back of the Ockway lot in the Fall of 2019. This building will house a water quality lab, locker space for gear, and an open area for shellfish propagation gear construction in the off season. Old Business: CWNMP Shellfish Propagation Plan for 2019 M.O.U. for the 300,000 oyster seed from Brewster: In progress. Mashpee M.U.S.S.E.L.volunteer program: First large event will be scheduled in April to fill cultch bags for the remote set oysters. Reaching out to the town of Falmouth and the Falmouth Rod and Gun Club. Monthly volunteer informational sessions held at the Mashpee Public Library. Gear construction: Floating upweller silos, land-based silos,bottom trays (for both oysters and quahogs), crab traps, and predator control nets. Shellfish seed on order: 5 million RI.5 Quahogs, and 1,000 remote set oyster bags. All seed will come from the Dennis Aquaculture Research Corporation. Public Access Aboriginal rights to water for fishing purposes are being questioned in regard to private property. Tribal police have stated that the tribe has the right to access water to fish through any property. The town manager has notified both the police and the tribal council that this is not where the town of Mashpee stands.No-one can access the water through private property. One possible public access point may be the Jackbon Road extension that would be an access point to the Shoestring Bay area. More research is needed. New Business Review of Shellfish Regulations and Shellfish Aquaculture Application Procedure Draft produced by the Shellfish Constable for Review of the Commission: SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE(GRANT)REGULATIONS Mashpee Town Bylaw Chapter 145-1 Shellfish Regulations Article 4 Shellfish aquaculture licenses (grants)may be issued under the following regulations with additional conditions of licensing as stipulated by the Board of Selectman 4.1 Application Requirements: Any resident of the Town of Mashpee or organization of residents of the Town of Mashpee may apply for a shellfish aquaculture license in waters of the Town of Mashpee in accordance with the Shellfish Aquaculture License Procedure (available at the Town Clerk's Office or the Mashpee Department of Natural Resources Office). Shellfish aquaculture license applicants must have been domiciled within the Town for at least 12 consecutive months prior to the date of application. Two forms of written proof of residency is required; one form: Driver's License or State ID card; Second form: tax bills,rent receipts,utility bills, car registration, etc., may serve as proof.All local tax obligations must be paid in full in order for an application to be considered in accordance with MGL c. 40, section 57. Applicants must remain domiciled within the Town of Mashpee for the