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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-10-1717 Oct. 1955 Certified to be a true copy: w6 r -or se ec jri SHELLFISH REGULATIONS COMMI::RCIAL. For the Tow~ of N'antucket, 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 Nantuck- et, Clams, Quahogs, Oysters, Eels or Scallops without a permit issued by the Selectmen, or after said permit has been revoked by the Selectmen, or whoever for the pur- pose of proeurring a license falsely makes any representation or state- ment required shall be punished by a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars for each offense. Section 2. The Selectmen shall issue permits as directed in Arti- cle 130 of the General Laws of the Commomvealth of ~assaehusetts. Section 3A. The Selectmen shall allow the taking of legal seallops for commercial purposes during the period from November 1st to March 81st, inclusive. Section 3B. Seal!ops shall be taken by hand only for family use and not over one and one-half bushels per person per week, and not for commercial purposes dur- in~ the month of October. Section 3C. The use of dredges be~veen the hours of ~unset and Sunrise, and on Sunday, is prohib- ited during the legal scallop sea- son, nor shall scallops be taken on Sunday by hand for commercial purposes. Section 4. The use of two or more dredges connected together by an iron bar or any similar de- vice requiring the use of power- hoisting devices to handle-dredge or dredges is prohibited. No dredge or dredges other than those hand- led by hand or of greater width than t~venty-eight inches across the mouth will be permitted. No part of the foregoing section shall be construed to prohibit the use of power in towing such dredges as ~peeified. [ Section 5. Not over four stan- i dard bags (provided by the Town) j of scallops shall be taken per man per day, including shells, and not over eight'bags of scallops includ- lng shells shall be taken per boat per day. This limit of ~our and eight shall be interpreted as in- cluding scallops taken under this commercial permit and any~family permit. Ail bags shall be tied se- cutely in such manner that the top is completely closed. Section $. No clams, quahogs, 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 Selectmen dur- ing the period these regulations remain in force. Clams must mea- sure 2~ inches or more and qua- hogs must measure 2 inches or more. Section 7A. A first violation of any of the sections t~vo to six in- clusive shall be punishable by re- vocation of license for thirty (80) days from the date of the Board's action revoking said license. If said thirty (30) days should carry over the end. of the season, the balance of the thirty (30) days 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 action revoking said license. Section 8. The £ee for license to operate under the above regu- lations shall be 155.00. Section 9. As may seem nec- essary, and at any time, the abo~Ye regulations may be altered, or new regulations put in force by the SeIectmen. Board 'of: Selectmen A 'sPooiai mooting of the' Board .of Se!~otmen'wa's' heed this date,~pi~sent~were Ch;~.Pease, Sec~'. Glidden and Np. Ha~dy. absent we~e members Burgess and Coffin.~ - meeting ~vas to mpp~ove the '~comepcial scallop license ~egulations fo~ the 1955-56 commercial soallop soason~ ghe board p~eviously having gone ove~ ~ same and the~permits now ~aving,been ~et~ned ~by the pri~te~. On motion made and seconded it was voted' to' app~ove':~'~- the ~egul~tions as p~inted on the~ attached license rom which is made a pa~t of this~record, ahd to send a ce~tified.o py~ of same to the Dept. of Conse~ation Shellfish Div. N~ 0 ' F~ancis Sargent Dir. and~ to have~ same posbed in f~ve public places as p~ovided by law. ~ ~e~_~ being no-f~the~ businoss bhe~meeging adj. at 2 PM. ~ames K. Glidden, Sec~.._