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MUNICIPAL SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT |
ManagementThis page is divided into five sections: Mission, Programs, Regulations, Activities and Documents. Each deals with an aspect of the duties and functions of the Regional Office concerning shellfish management. Use the links at the left to view each section or simply scroll down the page. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
MISSIONThe Biologists stationed at the Regional Offices are responsible for assisting municipalities with shellfish management programs. The Biologist is a consultant to the town knowledgeable in both state regulations and clam management. The soft-shell clam resource belongs to the people of the State of Maine. As a natural resource trustee, the Department of Marine Resources, through the biologists, must ensure that municipalities who have assumed the responsibilities of management do so in a manner that is consistent with the state's goal of achieving a balance between utilization and conservation. Specific areas of assistance include: preparation of management plans, reviewing renewal ordinances and amendments, recommending management activities and controls, training municipal personnel in survey and seeding techniques, and analyzing survey and production data. PROGRAMSMunicipalitiesThere are currently seventy-three towns with shellfish management programs. The following occur in the Southern Maine Region:
Committees
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Biddeford Resident Commercial |
7 |
$200 |
Brunswick Resident Commercial |
58 |
$200 |
Cumberland Resident Commercial |
0 |
$50 |
| Falmouth Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Issuance Period- Sept 1 to November 30 |
100 |
$15 |
| Freeport Resident Commercial Nonresident Commercial Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Issuance Period- July 1 to September 31 April 1 to March 31 (Rec) |
45 |
$200 |
| Harpswell Resident Commercial Nonresident Commercial Resident Student Comm. Nonresident Student Comm. Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Issuance Period- April 1 to June 30 |
70 |
$200 |
| Kennebunk Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Issuance Period- May 1 to July 31 |
0 |
$20 |
| Kennebunkport Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Res. Neutral Rec. Day Issuance Period- January 1 to March 31 |
90 |
$10 |
| Kittery Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational 70+ Resident Rec. 70+ Nonresident Rec. Issuance Period- January 1 to March 31 |
100 |
$15 |
| Ogunquit Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Res. Neutral Rec. Day Issuance Period- November 1 to January 31 |
100 |
$25 |
| Phippsburg Resident Commercial Nonresident Commercial Resident Student Nonresident Student Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Issuance Period- April 1 to June 30 |
31 |
$150 |
Scarborough |
26 |
$200 |
Wells Resident Recreational Issuance Period- January 1 to March 31 |
175 |
$15 |
West Bath Resident Commercial Issuance Period- April 1 to June 30 |
20 |
$200 |
| Yarmouth Resident Commercial Nonresident Commercial Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Senior Res. Recreational Senior Nonres. Rec. Res. Neutral Rec. 3 Day Issuance Period- May 1 to July 31 |
5 |
$200 |
| York Resident Recreational Nonresident Recreational Junior Res. Recreational Junior Nonres. Rec. Issuance Period- July 1 to September 30 |
112 |
$15 |
The main laws pertaining to shellfish management include: 1.) 12 M.R.S.A. § 6671. Municipal Shellfish Conservation Programs. 2.) DMR Regulations Chapter 7. Requirements for Municpalities Having Shellfish Conservation Programs. 3) DMR Regulations Chapter 4. Certification for Municipal Shellfish Wardens. and 4.) the Model Shellfish Conservation Ordinance. Use the following links to view the laws.
§ 6671 Chapter 7 Chapter 4 Model Ordinance
Additional laws can be accessed by selecting Laws and Regulations on the DMR homepage.
This section contains a description of the most recent management activities undertaken by this office.
The Regional Biologist attends as many of the Shellfish Committee meetings as possible and takes notes which are written up as Meeting Highlights and provided to the Program Manager. The Highlights are not the official minutes of the meetings and are not reviewed by the committees for errors or omissions. Meeting Highlights for the last attended meeting can be viewed through the following links.
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Freeport Harpswell Kennebunk Kennebunkport Kittery Ogunquit |
All of the commercially based management programs and many of the recreational based programs conduct clam flat surveys to ascertain their clam resources. The Regional Biologist is tasked with training individuals and groups to conduct clam surveys according to the procedures developed by DMR. In addition, the Regional Biologist will also analyze survey data generated by the management programs that request it. Results of surveys conducted by a number of programs can be viewed through the following links.
Biddeford Brunswick Freeport |
Harpswell Kennebunkport Phippsburg |
The 2007 Annual Management Review forms were sent out at the beginning of December to all Shellfish Conservation Committees with a March 1st deadline for submission. The purposes of the review are: 1) to document and discuss the conservation activities of the past year, 2) to plan and document the proposed activities for the coming year and 3) to determine if the municipality is meeting its regulatory requirements under the Municipal Shellfish Conservation Program - DMR Regulations: Chapter 7. The Regional Biologists assist municipalities in conducting the reviews and preparing the forms. A comprehensive review of the 2003 forms was completed in June. Each program was evaluated on management performance and reporting compliance.
There are a number of documents related to shellfish management available on the web through the following links:
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