Shellfish and Eelgrass Management Plan

The goals of this plan are:

• Build an inventory of existing eelgrass and shellfish populations, sentinel monitoring stations, and develop a restoration plan

• Protect existing eelgrass and future degradation through adopting regulations that will guide resource managers

• Advance our understanding of eelgrass populations on Nantucket

• Restore and increase the abundance of eelgrass

Next steps:

• Continue eelgrass and shellfish surveys/ monitoring in Nantucket Harbor and expand survey territory

• Create an eelgrass working group to further develop restoration metrics, identify funding, an identify and prioritize action items to further develop the Eelgrass Management Plan

• Support existing eelgrass and shellfish restoration initiatives