HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-10-13selectmens Meeting 13'oct "1965 ,:~ '"' .(: "'" '
Th~ ,me'ting, came .to order ~ ',.?:'3~ PM all ~emb~rs:~f, the 'Board
being present except~ Whelden,~Norcross and Killen.
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and' approved.
Barret~ and checked and approved'by the Board.
Voted ~o have the no,parking signs on~S,-~ater street from
L. Pearl to Main removed for the winter ~est ~ide'
A letter was ~eceived f~om'steven He~litz relative
Airlines w~nte~ service and voted ~efe~ed to the Ai~p0~t
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There being no further business ~he Board Wen~ iht0 ex'ecu~ive
session and adj. at 8.20 ~'
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SHELLFISH REGULATIONS
COMMERCIAL USE
For the Town of Nantucket, adopted by the Selectmen under
authority delegated by the Annual Town Meeting.
Section 1.~ No. person shall take
from the Waters of Nantucket,
Clams, Quahogs, Oysters,, Eels, or
Scallops, without a permit issued
~' '~ by the Selectmen as Public Wel-
fare may require. Whoever shall
' '; take from the waters of Nantucke%
· · Clams, Quahogs, Oysters, Eels, or
':" S~aHops xvithout.a permit issued
· by' ~the Selectmen, or after said
., permit has' b6en revoked by the
· ~' Selectmen, or ~vhoever for,the put-
~'~ pose of procuring a license falsely
makes any representation or state-
-' merit required shall be punished by
~'~ ? a fi~ne of fifty ($50.00) dollars for
each offense. ' ~
Section 2. The Selectmen shall'
' issue permits as directed in Article
· ' 130. of the General Laws of the
~ Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
.... Section 3A. The Selectmen shall
..~ ' allow the takin~ of legal, scallops
~-'for' commercial purposes during
~ the period from November 1st to
· March 31st, inclusive. ~ ·
S~ction 3B. ,Scallops shall 'be
(':' taken by hand only for family use
and' not over one bushel per person
. ~ per' week, and not for commercial
:., purposes during the month of Oc-
..: tober.
~'~. S~ctio'n 3C. The use of dredges
between the hours of Sunset and
· F. Sunrise, and on Sunday, is pro-
~..hibited during the legal scallop
· . season, nor shall scallops be taken
~ on' Sunday by hand for commer-
{' eial punposes. ' -
: ~ Section 3D. No scallops shall
:~ be tmken under this ~permit unless
.... they shall have a well defined
· raised annual growth line, ~s pro-
'.,,.' vided by Section 70 of Chapter 130
, of the General Laws, Annotated.
, ,~ Section 4. T. he use of two or
more dredge~ connected together
by an iron bar or any similar de-
vice is prohibited. No dredge or
dredges of greater width than
twenty-eight inches across the
~nouth will be permitted. Power
hoisting of dredges is authorized
provided no dredge is more than
twenty-eight inches wide, seven
· ings deep, the bar on dredge is
not over eighteen mesh long and
the complete dredge does not ex-
ceed fifty lbs. in weight.
Section 5. Not over four standard
1964 type bags (provided by the
Town) of scallops shall be taken
per man per day, including shells,
'and not over eight standard 1964 ..
· type bags of scallops including
· .shells shall be taken per boat per ";'.
. day. This limit of four and eight
shall be interpreted as including
scallops taken under this commer-
cial permit and any family permit.
Bags will nor have to be tied at
the t~p bfit may be filled even (not
crowned) :with the top of the bag..
Section 6. No clams, quahbgs
oysters, or scallops shall be taken
by hand or otherwise from such
seed areas as are now set off or
closed by action of the Selectmen
or from such areas as may be set
off or closed by the 'Se~etmen
during the period these regula-
tions remain in 2oree. Clam~ must '
measure 2~ inches or moire and
quahogs must measure 2 inches or.
more.
Section 7A. A first violation of
any of the sections two to six in- ;-,
clusive shall be punishable by re-.
vocation of license for not more,
than thirty (30) days from the
date of the Board's action .revok-
ing said license. If said penalty
should carry over the end of the
season, the balance o£ the penalty
remaininl~ shall be carried over
and be effective in the next scallop
season.
Section 7B. 'A second violation
of any of the sections two to six
inclusive shall be punishable by
revocation of license for one year -'
from the date of the Board's ac-
tion revoking said. license. ~ ..
Section 8. The fee for license
to operate under the above regu-
lations shall be $5.00.
Section 9. As may seem neces-
sary, and at any time, the above
regulations may be altered, or new
regulations put in force by the ..
Selectmen.