The applicants for a permit to conduct scientific collection or shellfish propagation shall provide a plan of the project, including all aspects of their backgrounds and intended management and operations of the project, to the Natural Resources Department, Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board, and, if appropriate, the Select Board three months prior to the start of the project.
Researchers are required to obtain the necessary permits and approvals required for scientific collection or shellfish propagation from the Town of Nantucket and the Division of Marine Fisheries.
All data and subsequent results and analyses of the project shall be made available to the Natural Resources Department, Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board, and the Select Board and the Division of Marine Fisheries at predetermined times to be established in the plan of the project.
Shellfish products resulting from the exercise of these approvals and permits, in excess of those required for the aquaculture research and development, shall be turned over to the Town of Nantucket annually, for appropriate use by the Natural Resources Department.