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Advisory board reviews extensive draft amendments to Town shellfish regulations; several items flagged for more work
Summary
The board reviewed proposed revisions to the Town of Nantucket shellfish regulations, discussing items including temperature buoy selection, catch-reporting, apprentice requirements, dredge specifications and inspection, green-crab authorizations, conch-tag allocations, and enforcement procedures; no final regulatory adoption occurred.
Members of the Nantucket Shellfish Advisory Board spent the bulk of the April 2025 meeting reviewing a large set of proposed amendments to the Town of Nantucket shellfish regulations. Natural Resources staff walked the board through edits and red-line changes that addressed terminology ("Select Board" and "shellfish constable"), license categories, harvest criteria, closures and red-flag locations, temperature-buoy sources, reporting requirements, dredge specifications, apprentice hours, and enforcement penalties.
Major discussion points included:
- Temperature reference and red-flag control: Staff proposed using a Weather Underground station (Hussey Street) or NOAA gauges for temperature thresholds; members flagged the choice for clarification and asked Natural Resources to confirm the precise data source before finalizing rules.
- Catch reporting…
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