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•4'A ,0. <br /> f >. n Town. of Mashpee De artrnent .of NaturatReao'urce-s <br /> 16 Great Neck Read North <br /> " Mashpee,-MA 02649 <br /> Jown By-Late Viol abon Report <br /> nation Notide l un�iber 1384 Thomas F. srrtlth <br /> �, : 'he.11fish Re. ulations.Article III section <br /> lashpee By-Laws Chapter. g <br /> 20:. o e:rson shall:plant,.trahs�:l-ant orIntroduce seed or adultshellfiish inte <br /> :dash eeeaters with-out first obtaining a permit from the C rootor o the <br /> lea ssachusetts. Division.-of Mar-ne F sh-eries (DM:F).. At aeries ately :30 PM <br /> on January 20o 20.17-Mashpee'Harbormaster Alec Turner'and l rnet Thomas F. <br /> o:s.coy.Lo ad t get of o rrni ati ion for <br /> smith at his:d.oek [n great R' rer a:t lonorr <br /> `s �uaculture License a licafion:that Mr. smith was .preparing. l <br /> a she[lf� h q pp <br /> obserd oysters hanging from his do-cl in-crates and mesh bags, and seed <br /> oysters in mesh bags-in a floating oysterGro aquacu-lture system tied to h.is dock. <br /> • � g � oyster <br /> When l asked M.r. Smith Where he got the oysters., he responded that the <br /> - e crates.were from lash: ee beck Landing, -and the oysters in the mesh <br /> �n th p <br /> 'bags and QysterGro system-were from the Aq u a-cu ltu ra l Research 'Garporation <br /> (ARC)*ha�tcheryi-n Dennis., MA, Mr.-Smith has'a Mashpee Bhellfishin:g -P-.ern�I to <br /> harvest,e y.stern from Mash,pee Neck Landing. 'He-does not have a Shellfish <br /> • ■ 'tted • <br /> ;A uacu.lture License from :bashp•ee to grow oysters an had.not s�ubmi an <br /> q if e.•had.:a <br /> application for.a ficense•to.the Board of selectmen. I .asked trim h , <br /> rip <br /> for the-seed oysters and he said no (introduction of seed <br /> .. p e rrr��t from��l��F �' . <br /> out apermit)',, :H- said that h•e-bought ,000 oyster seed (g millimeter sse <br /> with <br /> din the ARC hatchery'. in Jul and g:re them at his dockn great Rer. host <br /> fr �` y , <br /> of the seed was about " and appeared�hea.lthy.. l asked horn h he did not ask <br /> nee if he could purchas and grow the oyster seed, he responded that he thought <br /> that l wouid see them driin b l said that l would :hare toldr�n that he could <br /> g . y <br /> not purchase or possess oyster seed without a•_hermit from DIIF and'a shellfsh <br /> ,p � p <br /> A. ua.culture-License from the Town wh ch he should fhaVe.:knowrn because-+be <br /> dash ee :hellfis,h Re -ulatio.ns before shllfishing and <br /> was req p i red to :read the .p g <br /> for.the Shellfish A uculture License. plicatien that he was.preparing. 'Upon <br /> q <br /> ins ecti•o n of the o sters from-Mash pee.beck Landing ng l l co u:nted ��� oysters of <br /> which 48'we-re seed oystars from2 to 2.7/8 'Inches in size. W. smith said,that <br /> the seed oysters•steers in.the crates m:'Ig ht be from ARC. 1,determined that the seed in <br /> as from the Townpropagated o sters,at Mashpee Neck Landing <br /> the crates � � R .. <br /> b:eca use many_, of then were stiti.attached.to pieces of sea clam.sh•ell ('S pIsu la <br /> SoJid'ssim.,a)•fram-the hatchery:produced remote-set ,geed that the Tot h <br /> attached photo), acid not-the single oystersvthout spa clam <br /> purchases (see <br /> shed :feces that he•purbhased (see attached photo. co merc al oyster• <br /> p y x • <br /> a :uacultur"-st-s:enl•:•.p•urchase:s.'ngle oysters:not:attached to shell pzeves. l <br /> confiscated the seed oysters from leas hpee Neck La nd I n g-ford is p osa:l and. <br /> Y <br /> :i.nstructed him*to remove the rest-of the oysters•frorr� the.�rater. [ told h�rr� l?at <br /> he could eat the le. al size oysters that.he harvested from Mas•hpee NI Pck <br /> g <br /> Land-:in Land-:ing with his Mashp•ee shellfish Permit-, :but.he"had to keep them-out of the <br /> water, and-he had to d*spose of the seed oysters from•ARC. He:agread to this <br /> and said that he :ould d spose of the AR seed-the next day. <br /> :Richard H. York dr. Mash pee shellfish :C-astable,J:a•nJuafy•2g.; 2017 <br />