Marine Resources Committee – Town of Blue Hill

Wharf Redesign Recap

09/22/2025 scott (Marine Resources Committee, Presentations, Public Hearings)

A public engagement meeting was held last week to review conceptual designs to make the Town’s wharves more storm resilient and less prone to flooding. About 20-25 attendees were presented with a description of the issues facing the wharves and some design examples (see the presentation).

At the meeting, it was agreed to share a summary of comments made at the meeting, and to solicit any additional comments or corrections, for two weeks. Please review the attached summary and email any additional thoughts to smiller@bluehillme.gov for inclusion in the final report and feedback for the engineers.

Blue Hill Wharves Meeting Presentation

09/17/2025 scott (Harbormaster, Marine Resources Committee, Presentations)

A public engagement meeting was held on Tuesday, September 16 to review conceptual designs for protecting Blue Hill’s town wharves from sea level rise and damage from increased storm intensity. Roughly 20 Blue Hill residents, including ~8 commercial fishermen, attended.

Attached is the presentation, prepared by GEI Consultants, that was reviewed as part of the meeting; a document describing some of the audience questions, comments, and discussion is in the process of being prepared and will be posted at a later date.

Blue Hill Wharf Meeting: Tuesday 6:00pm

09/13/2025 scott (Harbormaster, Marine, Marine Resources Committee, Public Hearings, Select Board)

There will be a public meeting to review conceptual designs for providing long-term protection of Blue Hill’s Village and South Blue Hill wharves against damage from increased storm intensity and for enhanced access for commercial fishermen and recreational users.

This is the Town’s opportunity to understand the alternatives for this potential project and to comment on design, timing, and next steps for the town’s future investment in the wharves. The work reviewed in this meeting will likely guide the Town’s investment in its wharves over the next decade–an investment that could represent several million dollars. So taxpayers are encouraged to educate themselves, regardless of whether they use the wharves.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 16 at 6:00pm in the Town Hall Auditorium. Presenting their research and designs will be GEI Consultants, a Portland-based engineering firm retained to help the town assess the risks to our waterfront infrastructure and to apply their expertise to assisting the town in evaluating strategies for protection of these assets.

South Blue Hill Wharf with “king” tide and strong winds

Public Consultation: Finger Floats

03/14/2025 scott (Bids and Offers, Marine Resources Committee, Select Board)

Public input will be solicited at the March 17 Select Board meeting on the town’s plan to replace the four “finger floats” at the South Blue Hill wharf. All interested members of the public are invited to join, in person or remotely, to express their views on the plan.

2025 “clam” Shellfish Licenses

02/20/2025 Sarah Lavallee (Harbormaster, Marine, Marine Resources Committee, Services, Town Office)

Shellfish licenses on sale March 3rd at Town Office. Please see *license allocations and related cost below.

Class-Commercial

Resident *No Limit Set @ $100

Non-resident *9 Limit @ $200

Senior Resident *8 Limit @ $0

Senior Non-resident *4 Limit @ $0

Class-Recreational

Resident *40 Limit @ $5

Non-resident *20 Limit @ $10

Senior Resident *10 Limt @ $0

Senior Non-Resident *5 Limit @ $0

Junior Resident *5 Limit @ $0

Junior Non-resident *5 Limit @ $0

Licensing Download

Town Ordinances – Town of Blue Hill

Surplus Town Floats for Sale

05/22/2024 scott (Bids and Offers, Marine Resources Committee)

The Town of Blue Hill is soliciting bids for surplus floats previously used at the Village Wharf. Five floats are available for purchase—three floats approximately 16’x14′ and two 16’x6′ finger floats. The floats will be sold (individually) as is, where is, with no minimum bid.

The deadline for sealed bids is Monday, June 3 at 5:00pm at the Town Office; the bids will be opened at the Select Board’s public meeting scheduled to begin at 5:30pm that evening.

The bid form and terms and conditions of the auction process and sale are available here.

MRC Meeting Rescheduled

07/11/2023 scott (Marine Resources Committee)

This evening’s Marine Resources Committee meeting has been postponed until next Tuesday, July 18. The rescheduled meeting will be added to the Town calendar when the details as to time and location are set.

Marine Resources Committee Meeting CANCELLED

03/14/2023 scott (Marine Resources Committee)

This evening’s Marine Resources Committee meeting has been cancelled due to the weather and the likely lack of a quorum. A replacement meeting may be scheduled later this month if a suitable date for committee members can be identified.

MRC Meeting Cancelled

12/13/2022 scott (Marine Resources Committee)

Tonight’s meeting of the Marine Resources Committee has been cancelled and will be rescheduled (hopefully later this month).
Sorry for the late notice!

Renewal of Limited-Purpose Aquaculture (LPA) Licenses for 2023

12/05/2022 Julie Atwell (Marine Resources Committee)

Attached is DMR’s LPA Renewal letter to your town, indicating which LPAs located within your jurisdiction that will be renewing their LPAs for 2023. The 2-week comment period opens today, December 5, 2022, and will close on December 19, 2022. Click here to review document

Float 1 16’x14′ Mooring/chain not included
Float 2 16’x14′
Float 3 16’x14′
Floats 4 and 5 16’x6′ Ramp not included

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