CRMC subcommittee recommends denial of proposed South Kingstown oyster farm expansion
Updated at 5:20 p.m.
A SUBCOMMITTEE of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council on Monday recommended to deny the application from Matunuck Oyster Bar owner Perry Raso, pictured above, to lease a second area for farming oysters and scallops in Potter Pond. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A drawn-out fight between South Kingstown residents and a prominent business owner seeking to expand his oyster farm may be nearing a resolution. A subcommittee of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council on Monday voted unanimously to recommend denying the application for a three-acre oyster and scallop farm in Potter Pond in…
Oyster, bay scallop farm in Tiverton gets initial OK
Marcia Pobzeznik
TIVERTON A new aquaculture application for waters off Sapowet Point got an initial nod from the town’s Harbor Commission this week and can advance to a formal application before the Coastal Resources Management Council.
Bradley Boehringer and Travis Lundgren, experienced oyster farmers out of Galilee and Point Judith, want to grow oysters and bay scallops in a 2.69 acre area just north of Sapowet Point, and about 500 feet away from a two-acre oyster farm that is the only operating aquaculture operation in town.
“I tried to pick a spot where there’s not a lot of recreational things going on. There are no properties directly in front of the lease,” Lundgren said of the property nearby that is owned by the Audubon Society. “I picked a spot where there are not too many people.”