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.