<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; ">On May 22, 2013, the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS), the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), and the Shellfish Departments of Provincetown and Truro, with support from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension/Woods Hole Sea Grant, will offer a workshop on Marine Animal Entanglement Mitigation for Subtidal Shellfish Aquaculture.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br>This workshop is free and open to all, but is particularly relevant to prospective shellfish growers hoping to pursue subtidal shellfish aquaculture in the new community Provincetown-Truro Aquaculture Development Area (ADA) or elsewhere in Massachusetts waters where protected species (e.g. whales and sea turtles) may occur. Morning agenda items will include discussions of marine animal entanglement risk and regulatory agency perspectives on present and proposed permitting and mitigation measures, while the afternoon will include brainstorming sessions and grantwriting information for those wishing to develop innovative approaches to subtidal shellfish culture that eliminate entanglement risk.<br><br>The workshop will take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the PCCS Hiebert Marine Lab at 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown. For more information, or to register for the workshop, please contact Owen Nichols at 508-487-3623 x 128 or email <a href="mailto:Nichols@coastalstudies.org" style="color: purple; ">Nichols@coastalstudies.org</a>.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Owen Nichols, Scott Lindell, Tony Jackett, and Diane Murphy<o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b>Directions To PCCS Marine Lab at 5 Holway Avenue:</b> -Take Route 6 towards Provincetown. -From Rt. 6 take a left at the Conwell Street Exit (it has a stop light and is your second "entrance" to Provincetown. -At the end of Conwell Street, turn right onto Bradford Street. -Go approximately one mile, and at the top of the hill (just before the Crowne Point Inn), take a right on Prince Street. -Take your first right at the parking booth (town-paid parking lot). Drive straight towards the stop sign. -Turn Left. Park at the farthest end of the lot, across from the high school. -The marine lab is the building BEHIND the church parish hall. It cannot be seen from the parking lot.</div></body></html>