MARINE MANAGEMENT MEETING FEBRUARY 14, 2006:
CALL TO ORDER AT 6:31 PM by chairman Haynes
Present: Murphy, Haynes, Liebow, Crothers, Litchfield, Johnston, Jones, Foster, Bromage, Black, Brown exc. Fernald, Bright…guests: Andrew Keblinsky and James Allen
MINUTES:
1. Approve the minutes of MMC 1-10-06…motion by Johnston and 2nd by Bromage to approve as printed…11-0
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Request from Morris Yachts tabled due to Valentines day schedule…moved to March agenda
2. Request from Andrew Keblinsky to run off commercial dock this summer of 06…asking where he stands with relationship to last year’s request to have a Baker Island trip with a new vessel. Andrew requests that he remain on “the list”…for a new vacancy should one occur in the future…Mr. Keblinsky is informed that there is not a waiting list at this point and a lottery system might be used instead of a waiting list system to fill new vacancies.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
none
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Mooring transfer update…Mr. Murphy informed the board that a challenge has been made about how moorings are allocated upon a transfer of ownership…present practice of transferring moorings from family member to family member is illegal…the only way a mooring can be transferred is from a blood relative fisherman to a direct family member fisherman…Mr. Murphy will place a freeze on any more mooring transfers until an update comes from legal counsel and will report back at the next MMC.
2. Update on commercial boat operations…discussion of legal feedback on draft regulations…with regard to transfers and with regards to wait lists there was much discussion…
3. motion by Jones to approve the draft regulations as written and amended by legal counsel to include the concept of approval for direct transfer of ownership and the use of a lottery system to approve any new venture requests. Second by Bromage and voted 10-0 to approve the motion.
DISCUSSIONS:
1. Mooring inspectors discussion tabled to a later meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS:
---None
ADJOURNMENT:
Motion by Johnston and second by Black 10-0 to adjourn at 8:18 PM
Respectfully submitted by Robert Liebow, Secretary
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