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.sowN <br /> 4 ........... <br /> 479 <br /> Town of Mashpee <br /> er . , .. ,.. .. <br /> •` �` P. <br /> Shellfish Commission �16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee, MA 02649 <br /> 9 � <br /> ���i �rL coy MINUTES OF MEETING 7-9-1 3 <br /> Attendance: Peter Thomas, William Holmes, and Richard York <br /> Convene Meeting: 7:00 PM <br /> Public Comment: None <br /> Approval of Minutes: Motion to approve the 5-14-13 minutes by Holmes <br /> seconded by Thomas. Vote - unanimous in favor. <br /> Shellfish Constable's Report: Last month, we got 700 remote set bags of oyster <br /> seed from the ARC hatchery and put them in the trays in the Mashpee River. We <br /> are scheduled to get 500 more on Thursday. The DPW supplied a dump truck <br /> and driver to pick up he bags from the hatchery. In addition to our Carolina Skiff, <br /> the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Natural Resources Department helped with <br /> their Carolina Skiff. We have 4.1 million quahog seed in the Town upwellers at a <br /> Little River. The seed is growing very well due to the presence of some of the <br /> best species of phytoplankton for food. Barnstable County is funding 200 of the <br /> oyster bags and an additional 172,000 quahog seed. AmeriCorps Cape Cod is <br /> helping with tray construction and seed. <br /> . Santuit Pond had a surface film of blue-green algae at the landing and the <br /> counts in water samples collected by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health were high <br /> enough (>70,000 cellslml) that warnings advising people not to swim in the pond <br /> were posted at times last month. This month, the counts are low and the <br /> warnings have been removed. No toxin has been detected. The rest of the pond <br /> averaged about a meter visibility as it did last year. This is twice the average <br /> visibility (-0.5 meter) in the year before the SolarBee water circulators were <br /> installed. The Friends of Santuit Pond are taking weekly Secchi disk visibility <br /> readings throughout the pond. <br /> Old Business: <br /> Shellfish Aguaculture Regulations: Nothing new. <br /> Shellfish Propagation: An application for $114.490 for oyster and quahog <br /> seeding again next year has been submitted to the Community Preservation <br /> Committee. It will be considered at their July 16 meeting. If approved, it will go <br /> to the October Town meeting for a vote. We would purchase 2,000 remote set <br /> bags of oyster seed and 6 million quahog seed again in 2014. Copies of the <br /> application were distributed to the Commissioners. <br /> Sponge Fouling: Nothing new. <br /> Waauoit Bay Town Line: Nothing new. <br /> f <br /> I <br />