DEPT. OF MARINE RESOURCES

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Maine Shellfish Advisory Council

• Meeting dates

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• Members

• Council Composition and Purpose (as established by Maine statute in 2007)

• Meeting Minutes

• Contact Information for DMR Shellfish Growing Area Program

• Documents

  are listed below, most recent first.  They are in PDF format, and may require Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print.  Please contact Michelle Mason Webber if you require an alternate format.

  • Evaluation of the Maine Shellfish Sanitation Program, Growing Area Element, December 14, 2010, 2 pages, 68 kb

  • Growing Area Classification, December 14, 2010, pdf file, 25 pages, 508 kb

  • Marine Patrol: Shellfish Warnings issued 7-09 thru 6-10, August 26, 2010, pdf file, 6 pages, 56 kb

  • Marine Patrol: Shellfish Violations issued 7-09 thru 6-10, August 26, 2010, pdf file, 4 pages, 36 kb

  • 2010 USFDA/Marine Patrol Program Element Evaluation Report, August 25, 2010, pdf file, 32 pages, 3 MB

  • Determining Growing Area Classification And Writing Upward Classification Proposals, July 8, 2010, pdf file, 3 pages, 71 kb
  • Flood Closure Regional Maps with rainfall sensitive areas, July 8, 2010, pdf file, 10 pages, 3.54 MB
  • DMR Response to Industry Proposed Flood Closure Transition Plan dated May 7, 2010, July 8, 2010, pdf file, 4 pages, 142 kb
  • Industry Proposed Flood Closure Transition Plan, May 7, 2010, pdf file, 19 pages, 4MB
  • Report of the council to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources concerning the use of private laboratories, May 11, 2010, pdf file, 3 pages, 13 kb
  • Draft DMR Public Health Division site inspection guidelines, Dec. 8, 2009, pdf file, 1 page, 15 kb
  • DMR update to the council, Dec. 8, 2009, pdf file, 4 pages, 22 kb
  • Flood sampling data, Jan. 1, 2009 - Dec. 1, 2009, pdf file, 1 page, 13 kb
  • Letter to towns regarding DMR/DEP annual work plan, Nov. 19, 2009, pdf file, 1 page, 48 kb
  • Language from 2009/10 biennial budget regarding DMR/DEP collaboration, pdf file, 5 pages, 54 kb
  • Letter from DMR commissioner to towns about DMR staffing and program priorities, Nov. 9, 2009, pdf file, 1 page, 20 kb
  • Letter from Governor Baldacci requesting federal fisheries disaster relief for 2009, pdf file, 3 pages, 118 kb
  • DMR Public Health Division organization, Aug. 2008, pdf file, 15 slides, 1.2 MB
  • Private lab test projects
    • Cousins River rainfall study proposal, Aug. 2008, pdf file, 9 pages, 481 kb
    • Georges River shellfish committee proposal, Aug. 2008, pdf file, 13 pages, 212 kb
    • Nonesuch River, Scarborough proposal, Aug. 2008, pdf file, 5 pages, 116 kb
    • West Bath proposal, Aug. 2008, pdf file, 4 pages, 100 kb
    • Second letter to town clerks with project proposal deadline, July 2008, pdf file, 2 pages, 26 kb
    • Letter to town clerks re private lab projects, May 2008, pdf file, 2 pages, 24 kb
  • 2007 license data summary, Feb. 2008, pdf file, 2 pages, 18 kb
  • Standard Operating Procedures for the Division of Public Health Shellfish Growing Area Classification Program
  • 2005 Red Tide Disaster Relief Program final report, pdf file, 11 pages, 68 kb