HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-5-15 Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board
May 15th, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
Conference Room, 2 Fairgrounds Road
Call to Order at 4:31 ,v
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Members present: Chuck Connors, Bill Blount, Dr. Peter Boyce, Wend3 1 cae, Peter
Brace, Michael Glowacki, r - 73
Members Absent: Doug Smith
BOS: Whitey Willauer
Natural Resources Dept. Jeff Carlson, Tara Riley, Kelley Coughlan, Stephen Hock <
Others: Chief Pittman, Dr. Steve Estabrooks, Matt Herr z 3 0
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Approval of Agenda --r
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Approval of minutes
May 1st, 2012
Unanimously approved
Corrections on the spelling of Gregg Tivnan(town administrator)
Chairman's report:
Boathouse Budget Update:
The shellfish propagation fund budget for FY 2013 $45,600. Mr. Fronzuto told Mr.
Brace that in September they will be holding a special meeting and we should prepare a
petition to try and get the remaining 25% of the profits from the shellfish license fees
which currently goes into the general fund.
Chief Pittman talked a bit about the funds currently being given out. The water ways
improvement fund which gets it's money from mooring fee's will cover water quality
testing. The beach improvement fund moneys will come from both the police budget and
the Natural Resources budget. The shellfish propagation fund will go to natural resources
budget, also part of the general fund will now go to natural resources department. Any
moneys left in the special funds or"revolvers" as they are called will not go back into the
general fund and will have to be re-appropriated at town meeting.
Mr. Glowacki suggests that we start planning on a mechanism for receiving funds for
fiscal year 2014 in respect to research, adding that there isn't a tax payer or elected
official that doesn't believe in the importance of the preservation of our water quality and
that the import ants of the scallop fishery is fundamental to what we are doing here.
Whitey added that the BOS has requested more of a presence from SHAB at meetings
where funding or budgets or funds are discussed. Dr. Boyce said politically it's
important for SHAB to be at NSA meetings when the topic of funds or budget talks is
brought up.
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Marine Department report.
Seed Moving: Ms. Riley said if we were a little bit earlier and more organized the seed
moving would have been a good idea. She missed last meeting due to a meeting with the
Madaket Conservation Association about funding some projects specific to Madaket
regarding a specific proposal. Ms. Riley had an NSA meeting where she presented a seed
management proposal helped put forward by Matt Herr. Ms. Riley introduced her two
new interns, Stephan Heck and Kelley Coughlan. Steve is back for a third year and this
is Kelley's first. Also, Chuck Connors aquaculture grant application goes in front of the
B.O.S. on the 16th at 6pm. Ms. McCrae asked if there would be any repercussions on the
seed that we didn't get to move out of fourth bend. Ms. Riley noted that she had been
told by fisherman that when seed is left as thick as it is in fourth bend it tends to not grow
well and isn't worth fishing on. Mr. Riley thinks it's should be thinned out like a farmer
would do with his crops in order for them to grow better. In the future we need to be
more proactive when it comes to moving seed out of places where they pile up,
OLD BUSINESS
Summer Meeting schedule:
Motion was unanimously approved for once a month in July and August
Dr. Estabrooks Research request:
We have no funding available this year for Dr. Estabrooks request. There was a
discussion about what SHAB could do and it was decided that we will offer full support
for his request. Mr. Glowacki motion for support of what Dr. Estabrooks would like to do
was unanimously approved by the Board. We will follow up with an email to BOS
giving our support.
Marine department representative:
Chief Pittman again offers his support for SHAB and informed us that he is attending our
meetings because Sheila Lucey couldn't make it.
New Business:
Dr. Boyce suggests a sub committee of three men to come up with recommendations for
our next meeting. Some advanced work to help get some stuff done before the next
meeting.
Public questions:
There are no public questions.
Recap items for next meeting
Line item fund. Summer meeting for June 19th
Dr. Boyce would like to give a brief over view of his research for this summer.
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Adjournment
Unanimously approved
Future meetings:
June 19th
Respectfully Submitted,
Chuck Connors, Secretary
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