Management
This 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.
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MISSION
The 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.
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PROGRAMS
Municipalities
There are currently seventy-three towns with shellfish management programs. The following occur in Washington County:
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Addison
Beals
Cutler
East Machias
Eastport
Edmonds/Trescott |
Harrington
Jonesboro
Jonesport
Lubec
Machiasport
Milbridge |
Pembroke
Perry
Roque Bluffs
Steuben
Whiting
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Committees
The shellfish management programs are administered by the municipal officials with the advise of the shellfish committee. The duties and responsibilities of the committees can be found in the Model Shellfish Conservation Ordinance.
The following is a list of the shellfish committees, the respective chairs and regular meeting time and place.
- Addison
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Frank Batson
- Beals
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Robert Alley
- Cutler
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Peter Taylor
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- East Machias
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Randy Ramsdel
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- Eastport
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: George Lehigh
- Edmunds/Trescott
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Mark Merrill
- Harrington
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Jim Benner
- Jonesboro
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: John Cox Jr.
- Jonesport
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Arthur Alley
- Lubec
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Art Glidden
- Machiasport
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Robert Millay
- Milbridge
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Linden Perry
- Pembroke
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Paul Thomson
- Perry
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Dana Dupee
- Roque Bluffs
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Alvery Preston
- Steuben
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Eric Robinson
- Whiting
- Meeting:
Location:
Chairman: Steven Pressley Jr.
Licensing
The following is a list of the number (** = no limit, *=10% of the number sold in the previous category) and costs of licenses provided by the municipalities for each of several categories along with the issuance period:
Addison
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- July 1 to October 1 |
**
*
**
*
**
* |
$100
$200
$25
$50
nc
nc |
Beals
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commercial
Resident Student Commercial
Nonresident Student Commencial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Junior Recreational
Nonresident Junior Recreational
Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- June 10 to August 30 |
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
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$50
$100
nc
nc
nc
nc
$15
$25
$15
$25
nc
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Cutler
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commercial
Resident Student Commercial
Nonresident Student Commencial
Issuance Period- April 1 to March 31 |
**
*
**
*
**
* |
$75
$150
nc
nc
nc
nc |
East Machias
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- April 1 to June 30 |
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
* |
$61
$121
nc
nc
$31
$61
nc
nc |
Eastport
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Student Commencial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Three Day Recreational
Junior Recreational
Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- July 1 to June 30
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10
2
**
**
**
**
**
** |
$100
$200
nc
$17
$34
$10
nc
nc |
Edmunds-Trescott
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Junior Recreational
Nonresident Junior Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- June 1 to May 31 |
**
*
**
**
**
*
**
* |
$50
$100
$10
$20
nc
nc
nc
nc |
Harrington
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Issuance Period- April 1 to July 1 |
**
*
**
*
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$60
$120
$15
$30
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Jonesboro
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commencial
Nonresident Senior Commencial
Resident Junior Commercial
Nonresident Junior Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Junior Recreational
Nonresident Junior Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- June 1 to May 31 |
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
*
|
$149
$299
$149
$299
$39
$79
$19
$39
$1
$3
$1
$3 |
Jonesport
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commencial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- July 1 to June 30 |
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
* |
$60
$120
nc
nc
$36
$72
nc
nc |
Lubec
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Daily Recreational
Nonresident Daily Recreational
Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- June 27 to September 27 |
75
8
**
**
**
**
** |
$50
$100
$25
$50
$5
$10
nc |
Machiasport
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commercial
Resident Student Commercial
Nonresident Student Commercial
Issuance Period- June 2 to May 31 |
**
*
**
*
**
* |
$200
$400
$100
$200
$50
$100 |
Pembroke
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- April 27 to April 26 |
**
*
**
**
**
|
$50
$100
$15
$30
nc
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Perry
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commercial
Student Commencial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Senior Recreational
Junior Recreational
Issuance Period- May 15 to May 14 |
**
*
**
**
**
**
**
**
** |
$50
$100
$25
$50
nc
$10
$20
nc
nc |
Roque Bluffs
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Senior Commercial
Nonresident Senior Commercial
Issuance Period- May 1 to July 30 |
**
*
**
* |
$100
$200
nc
nc |
Steuben
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Junior Recreational
Nonresident Junior Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- April 1 to March 31 |
**
*
**
*
**
*
**
*
|
$100
$200
$50
$100
nc
nc
nc
nc |
Whiting
Resident Commercial
Nonresident Commercial
Resident Recreational
Nonresident Recreational
Resident Junior Recreational
Nonresident Junior Recreational
Resident Senior Recreational
Nonresident Senior Recreational
Issuance Period- June 1 to September 1 |
7
1
10
1
1
0
1
0 |
$50
$100
$10
$20
nc
nc
nc
nc |
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REGULATIONS
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.
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ACTIVITIES
This section contains a description of the most recent management activities undertaken by this office.
Shellfish Committee Meetings
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.
Clam Flat Surveys
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.
Annual Management Review
The 2005 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.
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DOCUMENTS
There are a number of documents related to shellfish management available on the web through the following links:
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