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Draft Minutes of Meeting held February 21, 2012
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Conference Room, 2 Fairgrounds Road
Call to Order at 4:37 p.m.
Members Present: Dr. Peter Boyce, Bob Rank
Members Absent: Peter Brace, Wendy McCrae, Doug Smith, Michael Glowacki
and Bill Blount
Marine Dept: Tara Riley
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BOS: Whitey Willauer
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Others: Matt Herr, Dr. Sarah Oktay
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Chairman's Report: �
Dr. Boyce said he would not be at the March 6 meeting and that M. Brace and
Mr. Smith would work out who would run that meeting. At the March 20 meeting,
Lee Saperstein of the Article 68 Workgroup is going to report on the group's final
document.
Marine Department Report:
Ms. Riley said the bushel count is up around 16,000. She recapped her purpose
for going to Zanzibar. She had two spawns that didn't do well, but several good
ones right before she left and that they've figured out how to spawn and get the
larvae into the water and growing well. Dr. Boyce asked Ms. Riley to report on
the progress at the lab at next meeting.
Old Business:
Striped bass legislation
Dr. Boyce recapped the issues covered by the proposed legislation and talked
about population and catch numbers, saying that the population is 40% above
the threshold of no return. He added that he and Mr. Rank put together the
official response to this proposed legislation, which has to be ready for an open
hearing on Feb. 28.
Water Quality Funding
Dr. Boyce reminded those in attendance the reasons for keeping this item on the
agenda. He reiterated that it was too late to get an article on the annual Town
Meeting warrant for a homerule petition to change the propagation fund
percentage from 75% to 100% and that that was cool because the water quality
program is funded this year.
Shellfish Management Plan
Dr. Boyce reported that the committee would review the comments by the
independent reviewers of the final draft on Feb. 23 at 5pm at 2FG.
Dr. Boyce, Mr. Herr and Mr. Rank discussed the scallop surveys in the harbor
that Dr. Boyce had done and his plans for future surveys. Mr. Willauer urged Mr.
Herr to follow through with Dan Drake on getting the Nantucket Shellfish
Association to pay for 100 fish totes for seed strandings.
New Business:
Mr. Herr suggested seed be moved from heavy seed areas to places in the
harbor where the current is stronger.
Dr. Boyce talked about the final draft of the Article 68 Workgroup's best
management practices. He mentioned that manure from animals could eventually
equal a big source of nitrogen that will find its way into the harbor. Dr. Oktay
noted that new irrigation systems require a permit from the Conservation
Commission and that pool water needs to be pumped out and taken to the
sewage treatment plant.
Dr. Oktay gave a PowerPoint presentation on the work of the Harbor Plan
Implementation Committee's work on implementing the harbor plan's 122 action
items. She detailed which items /recommendations in the plan have been
completed and shared the committee's operational matrix. Of the 122
recommendations, more than 90% of them have been completed by the
selectmen or other town agencies. Dr. Oktay noted that she's working to secure
money from possible fines from DEP on Chapter 91 violations, which could be
used for betterment of the harbor.
Dr. Oktay asked that that board go through matrix in their own time and let the
HPIC know which items require more emphasis and which ones require less.
She talked about the importance of the Blue Pages now being produced.
Dr. Boyce commended Dr. Oktay and the HPIC for the tremendous amount of
work they've done in getting the harbor plan operational.
Moving seed
Mr. Herr recommended that HSAB include on its next agenda movement of seed
from denser areas to other areas in the harbor.
Adjournment: 5:44 p.m.
Next Meetings:
March 6 and March 20
Respectfully submitted,
Peter B. Brace, Secretary