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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:30 pm
Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board
Town Annex – 37 Washington St. – Conference Room
CALL TO ORDER 4:30
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
HPIC meetings started
ATM warrant article – Ban rapid release fertilizers
Shellfish Management Plan is highest priority
MARINE DEPARTMENT REPORT
Jeff Mercer Replacement process
Conflict of Interest Legislation
Other items
Program Based Budget Presentation
PUBLIC QUESTIONS ON MARINE DEPARTMENT REPORT
SPECIAL INVITATION
Introduce Environmental Police Officer Keith Robinson
OLD BUSINESS
Discussion of scallop apprenticeship program
NEW BUSINESS
Summary of talk by Ana M. Parma & José (Lobo) Orensanz
“Sustainability in small-scale fisheries: insights from South America”
1. Don’t use large scale, top down management schemes
2. Small fisheries do best under local management
3. Fishermen have to be involved in management – bottom up process
4. Codify historical practices (when they have worked)
PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENT
RECAP
ADJOURNMENT
Future Meetings:
November 3 and 17, 2009 at 4:30 pm at 37 Washington St.