Provincetown Shellfish Advisory Committee Minutes for October 8,2002

Members Present: Daniel Notaro,Michael Anderson,John Baldwin,Alex Brown

Non-members Present: Jesse Cartwright,Jack Joyce

Meeting called to order at 17:10

Cooraspondance:none

Reading of the September minutes, Motion to accept by John Baldwin. 2^nd by Alex Brown unanimous

New Business: Motion by Alex Brown to raise the non-resident shellfish permits from $25 to $50 to keep in line with the upper cape towns. Discussion, find out how many permits are sold annually resident and non-resident. 2^nd by Daniel Notaro. Unanimous

Old Business: Motion to accept Jesse Cartwright’s application for committee membership by Daniel Notaro 2^nd by John Baldwin. Unanimous

Annual voting in of officers. Motion made by the secretary to retain the same officers Daniel Notaro-chairman. Michael Anderson-vice-chairman. John Baldwin-secretary. 2^nd by Alex Brown. Unanimous

Maximum of three ideas for aquaculture and recreational research for the betterment of the town regarding shellfishing from each member.

Michael Anderson-predator control i.e. green crab, moon snail

Alex Brown-viability of hand raking quahogs in Provincetown harbor

Jesse Cartwright-improved method of mussel farming, recheck coliform data between tissue and water samples, oyster farming feasibility

John Baldwin-feasibility of aquaculture (butter clams) for recreational digging

Daniel Notaro-research and propagation of bay scallops in Provincetown

Next meeting scheduled for November 5,2002

Motion to adjourn by John Baldwin, 2^nd by Jesse Cartwright. Unanimous

Meeting ended at 18:01