Workshop for Shellfish Culture Research and Demonstration

Workshop: Regulatory Requirements for Full-scale Shellfish Culture Research and Demonstration in Estuaries

Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to focus on how regulators can provide temporary exemptions for research, or some other mechanism, if needed, to allow for full-scale research demonstration of shellfish culture as a nitrogen removal strategy to improve the environmental health of estuaries as proposed below.

Sponsors: Falmouth Board of Selectmen; Coonamessett Farm Foundation
Date/Time: Friday, March 18, 2011; 1-4 PM
Location: Hermann Room, Falmouth Public Library, Main Street
Format: Roundtable Discussion; open to the public

Invited Attendees:

Town:
Board of Selectmen, Falmouth
Cfarm Foundation: Ronald Zweig, Ronald Smolowitz
Town Shellfish Constables: Charles Martinsen, Rick York
Harbor Master: Gregg Fraser
Conservation Commission: Courtney Bird

Industry:
Falmouth Shellfish Coop: M. Weeks, E. Matzen, S. Adams, S. Kirk, P. Chase

Academic:
WHOI: Hauke Kite-Powell
Marine Biological Laboratory: Hugh Ducklow, Scott Lindell
Roger Williams Univ: Dale Levitt, Roxanna Smolowitz, Stephan O’Shea
WHRC: Eric Davidson

County:
Cooperative Extension: Bill Clark, Diane Murphy

State:
Environment: David Cash, Mary Griffin
DMF: Paul Diodati, Mike Hickey, Gerome Moles, John Mendes
DAR: Sean Bowen
MDEP: Brian Dudley
Mass Waterways: Ben Lynch

Federal:
EPA: Matt Liebman
ACE: Kevin Kotelly

ENGO:
CLF: Peter Shelly