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Special Notes
Three Bays
Preservation, Inc. submitted the
attached letter of November 27, 2007 for the Town of Barnstable public hearing
on the renewal of Cape Cod Oyster Company's grants in North and West Bays.
At
the hearing Jim Crocker actively sought to broker a settlement which would
allow Cape Cod Oyster Company (CCOC) to continue operations in West Bay with
permanent prohibition of any use of floating bags.
The
Wianno Yacht Club did not protest the renewals of the grants in West Bay and
submitted a letter which requested 3 year terms for the licensee's grants and
a ban on any hard gear which would interfere with navigation or pose a threat
to people.
The Town
Manager's decision with conditional approval of the CCOC grants in West Bay is
attached. The approval limits the
cultivation methods to bottom planting only, excludes floating bags, and
states that methods can't be changed for the 10 year renewal period.
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Three Bays review:
Three Bays Report:
Click here for
MSWord
or here for
Adobe
copy of
the nitrogen loading report presented at the January 25, 2007 Town Hall meeting.
You can contact us by mail at:
Friends of West Bay, Inc.
P. O.
Box 1018
Osterville, Massachusetts 02655
508 776-8938
or by
email
Watch this site for information about what we
need to do to help maintain West Bay for all to use.
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Welcome to the Friends of West Bay Web site.
We're concerned with helping to maintain West Bay for all to use.
We are
a non-profit
corporation that supports traditional sea floor based aquaculture, as well as
recreational use of these waters.
Last spring Cape Cod Oyster Company, Inc. began using "floating
oyster bags" in the Three Bays area. This is a significant change in the
way oyster farming was being conducted.
The oyster bags can cover significant areas; this Fall 2006
photo shows a Cape Cod Oyster Company, Inc. floating oyster bag installation in North Bay.
The next three photos show Cape Cod Oyster Company, Inc.
installations in West Bay.
Below shows oyster bags deployed in
West Bay summer 2006.
These photos, taken last summer, shows an unmarked, submerged
helical anchor in West Bay
that obstructs and
endangers young sailors and others using the bay. The last photo shows one of the young sailors.
 
We believe this gear:
1. poses a significant and immediate danger to persons and property because of
the design of the ground tackle used to moor the oyster bags,
2. creates an obstruction to navigation for all who use West Bay, and
3. violates agreements negotiated in the 1980s to restrict shellfish cultivation
to within 18 inches of the seabed.
If you agree with us, let the town manager and your town councilor know.
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