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The Tisbury select board unanimously approved changes to the town’s aquaculture regulations that will allow oyster farming closer to the water’s surface. The new regulations come as farmers have complained that poor water quality and more specifically, a lack of oxygen on the bottom of the Lagoon has limited their ability to […]
Jeffrey Canha was the first Tisbury resident to get an aquaculture license for the Lagoon when the town passed its first set of regulations in 2019. He had high hopes for the industry, investing his savings into shellfish seed and an operation on the Lagoon side of Beach Road: a shipping container serving as his […]
After a lengthy public hearing process, the Tisbury Select Board unanimously voted to deny an application to relocate a shellfish propagation area in Lagoon Pond during a Wednesday, July 26, meeting. Jeffrey Canha, owner of Husselton Head Oysters and a Tisbury waterways committee member, applied to relocate his shellfish propagation lease area to a new […]
The Tisbury Police Department is looking to add a patrol boat to its inventory, but town officials are split on a proposed pilot program. On Wednesday, May 24, the Tisbury Select Board did not make a final decision on the vessel in a three-way, split vote, with board chair Roy Cutrer abstaining, board member John […]