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The Commission ultimately agreed to leave the Callie’s Beach area as it currently is and focus on the <br />Great River area. <br />Chair Thomas asked Chris Avis if, logistically, the process of temporarily changing the designation of the <br />shell fishing area in the Great River is something that will have to be approved by the Select Board. Chris <br />responded that he isn’t 100% sure and will inquire with the Select Board. Chair Thomas stated that if the <br />Commission agrees to do this, the procedure needs to be known and a well detailed map should be <br />provided so that it’s well presented when it goes before the Select Board. <br /> <br />Chair Thomas made a motion to propose to the Select Board of the Town of Mashpee to designate <br />the area in Great River south of South Cape Beach Estates Association Beach (as depicted on the <br />map) as an Open Shell Fishing Area (open to both Commercial and Recreational shell fishing). <br />Motion seconded by Co-Chair Cook. <br />Motion passed by unanimous consent. <br /> <br />It’s important to note that the area north of South Cape Beach Estates Association Beach will remain as it <br />is currently designated as a recreational shell fishing area. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS: <br /> <br />1. Shellfish Constable’s Report. <br />Chris Avis reported that at this time of year there’s a lot of splitting of seed, tumbling and sorting going <br />on. <br />He stated that the Department travelled to New Jersey and picked up another 1 million quahogs and they <br />now have 3 million quahogs growing onsite, in upwellers in Little River. <br />He stated that everything is doing very well and he thinks that, based on densities, they will be ready to <br />broadcast soon. <br />He reported that they are down a vessel as the Carolina skiff was recently rear ended on Rte. 151. They <br />are still waiting on the adjuster. Also, the fuel pump on the S2 vessel failed and was replaced. <br />Chris reported that they pulled out, cleaned and put back close to 100 3x3 cages in Little River. <br />They have 15 3x3 cage in Orsini Point that are mid-size and the oysters look very good. <br />Chris said they will be splitting and tumbling next week and that the Oysters in Shoestring Bay have <br />exploded. <br />It was reported that the Department gave Scott Gallagher 10 oysters from the Mashpee River and 10 <br />oysters from Mashpee Neck Landing to test and the results showed no Vibrio or STX. They will be <br />testing again on August 20th. <br />Chris said that the bottom survey has been done for the Bohnenberger Grant and they are awaiting the <br />results. <br />John Quiterio has launched his gear in the Great River. <br />Chris reported that there were 2 landings from Dick Cook and everything was great. <br />Seed orders have all been fulfilled and they are just awaiting 600,000 oysters from ARC. <br />The Department was awarded 1AmeriCorp volunteer for 2 days, Wednesday and Thursday, next year. <br />It was reported that the Department will be losing 4 seasonal employees at the end of August leaving only <br />th <br />2 seasonal employees through October 11. Chris said they still have a great bit of work to do but, they <br />should be okay. <br />The Department has been to take names of people spot checked and will be recording them in the <br />mooring info. No infractions have been found. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL TOPICS: <br />N/A <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />