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Blue Hill board allows small rockweed harvest for monitoring and clears short wharf use with conditions
Summary
The Select Board authorized the Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum to collect 50 strands of rockweed for growth measurement and agreed there were no objections to a one‑to‑two‑day barge use of the South Blue Hill wharf provided fishermen are given ample notice and prior procedures are followed.
David Porter, representing the Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum, requested permission to collect 50 strands of rockweed down to the holdfast from the Nub to measure growth. The Select Board voted 4-0 to authorize D. Porter and his group to harvest 50 strands of seaweed from Town property at the Nub.
The authorization is limited to the specific sampling described in the request; the meeting record does not indicate a broader commercial harvesting permit or ongoing quota. The vote was recorded as 4 yes, 0 no (mover/second not specified in the transcript).
Separately during public comment, resident Rex Florian requested one to two days' use of the South Blue Hill wharf for barge operations next week; he did not specify exact days. The Board raised no objections so long as fishermen receive ample notice and the same procedures and accommodations used last year are followed.
Both items were taken up during the public comment period and decided by the Board at the meeting; the transcript records no additional conditions beyond those noted. Any operational coordination (dates, notices, and procedures for wharf use) was left to the requester and Town staff.
