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Mashpee Department of Natural Resources Shellfish Division 16 Great Neck Road North (508) 539-1439 lyY ��Tow r _ Mashpee,MA 02649 MEMORANDUM Date: January 13, 2020 TO: Rodney C. Collins, Town Manager Board of Selectmen FROM: Ashley Fisher, Shellfish Constable RE: New Shellfish Aquaculture License Application, Thomas F. Smith I]escripton Discussion of the application filed on December 23, 2019 by Great River Oyster Company, Thomas F. Smith, Founder, for a new Shellfish Aquaculture License. Background The applicant Thomas F. Smith is requesting a Shellfish Aquaculture License for a 2.5 (108,900 square feet) acre parcel with a total perimeter of 1,752 feet to be located in Northern Great River adjacent to Monomoscoy Island to grow eastern oysters(Crassostrea virginica).Demarcation buoys will be 15 inches round standard yellow balls,appropriately anchored at the corners'of the site. The license application and plans for the proposed area are attached. *Mr. Smith had previously submitted an application for a Shellfish license which was discussed by the Board of Selectmen at their meeting on June 4, 20 t 8. The Board voted to take the matter under advisement-to the next meeting on June 18, 2018. Subsequent to that correspondence was received from. Mr..Smith withdrawing his application to make changes to accommodate some of the concerns that arose from the June 4t public hearing and he would reapply for the license at a later date. p g Mr. Smith plans to use solely Boating gear, known to the aquaculture community as OysterGrosS (see attached plans).These units will be flipped regularly to expose fouling species to the air to prevent fouling of the product. Per the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr. Smith will only be allowed to utilize 20,000 square feet of floating gear. Recommendation The Shellfish Commission voted on May 22, 2019 to accept Mr. Smith's Aquaculture application as complete, all requirements are were met by all commissions/committees involved in the process. The waterways Commission.voted at their meeting on May 14,2019 to recommend approval of the Tom Smith Aquaculture Project with close monitoring procedures as established by the Shellfish Constable.