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���F,:CO11r1Y Ol, <br /> Town of Mashpee <br /> L <br /> ��. ; • Shellfish Commission 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> `'z ae`f Gj• Mashpee, MA 02649 <br /> MINUTES OF MEETING 10-9-12 <br /> Attendance: William Holmes, Peter Thomas & Richard York <br /> Marcus Hendricks <br /> Public Comment: None <br /> Convene Meeting: 7:00 PM <br /> Approval of Minutes: Postponed <br /> Shellfish Constable's Report: <br /> We have issued 855 shellfish permits so far including 11 commercial. <br /> Scallops season is much better than the last few years with about 20 bushels <br /> harvested on opening day and another 10 bushels since then. AmeriCorps <br /> Service week will be in Mashpee in May 2013. All members of AmeriCorps Cape <br /> Cod will be working on conservation and shellfish projects for one week. We are <br /> planning to construct new oyster seed trays in order to double our oyster seeding <br /> next year. The county dredge is scheduled for maintenance dredging of the <br /> Popponesset Bay approach channel in Nantucket Sound, and the "1916" channel <br /> that goes north inside the mouth of the bay sometime from November to January <br /> 15 of next year. The homeowner has cleaned up the kitty litter from the <br /> Seconset Island causeway. <br /> Old Business: <br /> Shellfish Propagation: The Town of Falmouth seeded over a million <br /> quahogs in Waquoit Bay this year. In the past it was about 600,000. They plan a <br /> large increase in propagation next year to about $100,000 (from $25,000) and <br /> the hiring of a full-time propagation biologist. Another $200,000 has been <br /> allocated to shellfish propagation for a nitrogen removal demonstration project. <br /> Shellfish Aquaculture Regulations: Nothing new. <br /> Sponge Foulina: Nothing new. <br /> Waquoit Bay Town line: Nothing new. <br /> New Business: Waquoit Say Management Closure?: Postponed <br /> 0835 PM Adjournment <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Richard York <br /> Shellfish Commission Secretary <br />