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The Tisbury select board unanimously approved changes to the town’s aquaculture regulations that will allow oyster farming closer to the water’s surface. The new regulations come as farmers have complained that poor water quality — and more specifically, a lack of oxygen — on the bottom of the Lagoon has limited their ability to […]
Jeffrey Canha was the first Tisbury resident to get an aquaculture license for the Lagoon when the town passed its first set of regulations in 2019. He had high hopes for the industry, investing his savings into shellfish seed and an operation on the Lagoon side of Beach Road: a shipping container serving as his […]
The Tisbury select board approved or adjusted three aquaculture lease areas Wednesday night. The board granted additional area to the Husselton Head Oysters lease area in Lagoon Pond to allow space for rafts and granted a new lease site for the company off West Chop. The board also allowed a coordinates adjustment to a previously […]