Sandy Quadros Bowles Apr 19, 2021
MARION Shellfish company co-owner Chris Bryant expressed concern at Monday’s Marine Resources Commission meeting that regulations under review by the town could put aquaculture ventures “out of business.’’
Bryant, an owner of Bryant Brothers Shellfish Company in Sippican Harbor, acknowledged he had not been told this formally by anyone in town but had heard “talk’’ to that effect.
Commission chair Vin Malkoski said specific changes have not been decided but he has “not heard that’’ ventures will be forced to close.
Shellfish warden Adam Murphy agreed. “Our department never said that everybody’s going to be out of business,’’ he said.
Jan 19, 2021
MARION Following the $10,500 cleanup of a shellfishing site in November, the town is looking to change its aquaculture regulations.
The Marion Marine Resources Commission discussed what the new regulations could look like at a Jan. 18 meeting.
Harbormaster Isaac Perry said that selectmen are hoping to create new regulations that would require permit holders to purchase a bond which would ensure the town would not have to spend its own money to clean up sites in the future.
In November, Perry and Shellfish Officer Adam Murphy conducted a $10,500 cleanup of Shea Doonan’s Ram Island shellfishing site after the Selectmen revoked Doonan’s shellfishing permits at a Sept. 8 meeting.