Madison Czopek Apr 12, 2021
A total of 61 voters showed up to the Wareham Fire District meeting on April 12. Photos by: Madison Czopek
Selectman Alan Slavin proposed a zero quorum for future Wareham Fire District meetings.
In stark contrast with the lengthy and controversial Special Town Meeting on April 10, voters at the Wareham Fire District’s annual meeting approved nearly everything on the docket without much discussion or any objection during a speedy 40-minute meeting Monday, April 12.
Despite the chilly, overcast evening, 61 voters gathered at 6 p.m. for the drive-in style district meeting, which was held in the Wareham High School parking lot.
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The Weweantic River. Photo by: Jaime Rebhan
No harvesting of smelt by net will be allowed in Wareham’s Weweantic River for the next three years, following a vote by the Board of Selectmen at a Feb. 23 meeting.
The board’s vote followed the recommendations of Harbor Master Garry Buckminster and Brad Chase, a biologist from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.
Buckminster explained that the numbers of smelt are too low for the historic fishing site, and suggested a three-year fishing closure.
“I think three years is reasonable,” Buckminster said. “It’s the same thing that we would do for a shellfish closure, and the state is going to be monitoring [the site].”