MAA is Governed by a Board of Trustees as guided by the organizations purposes and stipulated by the its Bylaws. MAA is formally constituted as a 501 C6 Corporation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. MAA interacts frequently with its membership through announcements and alerts that are important to aquaculture industry members, shares local, regional and national information and holds an annual membership meeting to provide industry updates and to discuss issues important to its membership. The organization is overseen by the MAA Board of Trustees who are elect by the Association membership.
Name Business / Affiliation Town email
Mark Begley Beach Point Shellfish LLC. West Barnstable BeachPointOysters@comcast.net
Mike Besse Indian Cove Aquaculture Onset mbesse2@verizon.net
Joe Buttner Salem State University Salem jbuttner@salemstate.edu
Bill Doyle Plymouth Rock Oysters Plymouth bill@proysters.com
Bob Field Copper Beech Oyster Farm Mattapoisett cootcoveoysters@gmail.com
Seth Garfield, President Cuttyhunk Shellfish Farms Inc. Cuttyhunk oceanrancher@yahoo.com
Alex Hay Wellfleet Shellfish Company Wellfleet Alex@macsseafood.com
Les Hemmila Barnstable Seafarms Barnstable les@barnstableseafarms.net
Jared Hemmila, Vice Pres. Barnstable Seafarms Barnstable jared@barnstableseafarms.net
Dale Leavitt TAG Engineering East Falmouth dleavitt@rwu.edu
Dan Martino Cottage City Oyster Co. Oak Bluffs dan-martino@hotmail.com
Gregg Morris 2 Rock Oyster Farm Duxbury greggsoyster@gmail.com
Dave Ryan Cape Cod Oyster Co. Marston's Mills Dryanccoc@gmail.com
Chris Sherman Island Creek Oysters Duxbury chris@islandcreekoysters.com
Stephen Wright Chatham Shellfish Co. West Chatham chathamoysters@gmail.com
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