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Shellfish Aquaculture Lease Applications

Below are the pending commercial shellfish lease applications received by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources since January 1, 2018, and determined to be complete. Incomplete applications are not listed. Designation of an application as complete does not mean that the proposed lease location meets all of the criteria for lease approval, and proposed lease locations are subject to change throughout the review process. The status of each application will be updated as it progresses through the review process. Please refer to the legend below the list for an explanation of what each status description means.

AppID	Name	Waterbody	County	Acres	Status	Received	Lease	Gear	Map?
440	Green Pearl, LLC	Harris Creek	Talbot	4.7	Lease Issued	1/6/2018	WC	Cages	PN
441	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Carthagena Creek	St. Mary's	2.3	Lease Issued	1/26/2018	SLL		PN
442	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Carthagena Creek	St. Mary's	2.4	Lease Issued	1/26/2018	SLL		PN
443	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Carthagena Creek	St. Mary's	4.0	Lease Issued	1/26/2018	SLL		PN
444	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Carthagena Creek	St. Mary's	1.6	Lease Issued	1/26/2018	SLL		PN
445	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	St. George Creek	St. Mary's	5.8	Hydrographic Survey	1/26/2018	SLL		Y
446	Lumpkins , Robert Lance	St. Mary's River	St. Mary's	8.4	Phase I Review	1/26/2018	SLL		Y
447	Waller Jr., Harvey Hanks	Fishing Bay	Dorchester	4.7	Lease Issued	2/22/2018	SLL		PN
449	Zeinog, Ryan	Little Choptank River	Dorchester	16.3	Public Notice	2/27/2018	SLL		PN
451	Davenport , Tina	Chesapeake Bay	Talbot	50.2	Lease Issued	2/28/2018	SLL		PN
452	The Tall Timbers Dev. Co., Inc.	Herring Creek	St. Mary's	2.5	Pending Issuance	3/2/2018	WC	Cages	PN
453	Trossbach Jr., John L	St. Mary's River	St. Mary's	1.7	Hydrographic Survey	3/12/2018	SLL		Y
454	McBee Jr., Harold A	Eastern Bay	Talbot	5.0	Lease Issued	3/19/2018	WC	Cages & Floats	PN
456	Leonard Jr., Samuel R	Tred Avon River	Talbot	8.2	Lease Issued	3/22/2018	SLL		PN
458	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Wicomico River	St. Mary's	21.8	Hydrographic Survey	4/3/2018	SLL		Y
459	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Wicomico River	St. Mary's	19.9	Hydrographic Survey	4/3/2018	SLL		Y
460	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	Wicomico River	St. Mary's	10.2	App. Complete	4/3/2018	SLL
462	Lumpkins, Robert Lance	St. Mary's River	St. Mary's	19.8	Hydrographic Survey	4/3/2018	SLL		Y
466	Williams, Brian C	Tred Avon River	Talbot	14.6	Hydrographic Survey	4/6/2018	SLL		Y
467	Williams, Brian C	Tred Avon River	Talbot	2.4	Hydrographic Survey	4/11/2018	SLL		Y
468	Williams, Brian C	Tred Avon River	Talbot	2.3	Hydrographic Survey	4/11/2018	SLL		Y
471	Robinson, Timothy M	Fishing Bay	Dorchester	37.1	Public Notice	5/4/2018	SLL		PN
472	Farrington, Jon David	Patuxent River	Calvert	5.0	Lease Issued	5/10/2018	WC	Cages	PN
473	Patuxent River Seafood, LLC	Patuxent River	Calvert	1.7	Hydrographic Survey	5/18/2018	WC	Cages	Y
474	Kilinski, Francis W	Port Tobacco River	Charles	13.8	Phase II Review	5/23/2018	WC	Cages	Y
475	Youngk Sr., Richard D	Chesapeake Bay	Anne Arundel	1.7	Lease Issued	6/5/2018	WC	Cages & Floats	PN
476	Zecher, Linda K	Caulk Creek	Talbot	1.0	Lease Issued	6/22/2018	SLL		PN
477	Chase Jr., Henry V	St. Mary's River	St. Mary's	1.5	Hydrographic Survey	6/25/2018	SLL		Y
479	Maryland Seafood Coop., Inc.	Lecompte Bay	Dorchester	28.7	Hydrographic Survey	7/17/2018	SLL		Y
480	Abbott Jr., Wylie M	Fishing Bay	Dorchester	39.6	Lease Issued	7/30/2018	WC	Cages	PN
481	McBee Jr., Harold A	Shipping Creek	Queen Anne's	0.2	Lease Issued	8/2/2018	WC	Floating Upwellers	PN
482	Maryland Seafood Coop., Inc.	Herring Bay	Anne Arundel	31.2	Hydrographic Survey	8/10/2018	SLL		Y
483	Gabeler, William Thomas	Purnell Bay	Worchester	1.9	Lease Issued	9/21/2018	WC	Cages	PN
484	Budden, Scott	Chester River	Queen Anne's	5.0	PIM Request/Protest	9/26/2018	WC	Cages & Floats	PN
485	Maryland Seafood Cooperative, Inc.	Manokin River	Somerset	19.2	Public Notice	10/11/2018	SLL		PN
486	Maryland Seafood Cooperative, Inc.	Little Choptank	Dorchester	8.8	Hydrographic Survey	10/18/2018	SLL		Y
487	Buckler, Joshua	Patuxent River	St. Mary's	26.9	PIM Request/Protest	11/20/2018	SLL		PN
488	Pfeiffer, William	Patuxent River	Charles	10.5	Pending Issuance	11/28/2018	SLL		PN
489	Pfeiffer, William	Patuxent River	Calvert	12.7	Pending Issuance	11/28/2018	SLL		PN
490	Southern Connection Seafood, Inc.	Little Annemessex River	Somerset	1.3	Hydrographic Survey	12/7/2018	WC	Cages	Y
491	Kraft Jr., Ralph	Wicomico River	Somerset	60.3	Lease Issued	1/10/2019	SLL		PN
492	Zeinog, Ryan	Choptank River	Dorchester	3.1	Phase II Review	1/24/2019	SLL		Y
493	Zeinog, Ryan	Choptank River	Talbot	5.6	Phase II Review	1/24/2019	SLL		Y
494	Williams, Brian C	Trippe Creek	Talbot	8.5	Phase II Review	2/5/2019	SLL		Y
495	Maryland Seafood Cooperative, Inc.	Manokin River	Somerset	28.9	Application Complete	2/13/2019	SLL
496	Williams, Brian C	Tred Avon River	Talbot	9.0	Phase II Review	2/27/2019	SLL		Y
497	Williams, Brian C	Tred Avon River	Talbot	18.4	Phase II Review	3/4/2019	SLL		Y
498	Hargrove, John N	Harris Creek	Talbot	5.2	Phase II Review	3/12/2019	SLL		Y
499	Maryland Seafood Cooperative, Inc.	Chesapeake Bay	St. Mary's	41.6	Phase II Review	3/13/2019	SLL		Y
500	Gowe , Bobby L	Harris Creek	Talbot	9.0	Hydrographic Survey	3/18/2019	SLL		Y
501	Kellam III, Paul	Calvert Bay	St. Mary's	29.8	Hydrographic Survey	3/22/2019	SLL		Y
502	Shore Thing Shellfish, LLC	St. George Creek	St. Mary's	6.2	Withdrawn	3/22/2019	WC	Cages & Floats
503	Cretsinger , Aaron J	St. George Creek	St. Mary's	18.9	PIM Request/Protest	3/22/2019	SLL		PN
504	Dize, Roger L	Manokin River	Somerset	4.5	Phase II Review	4/1/2019	SLL		Y
505	Dize, Roger L	Manokin River	Somerset	10.0	Phase II Review	4/1/2019	SLL		Y
506	Dize, Roger L	Manokin River	Somerset	6.3	Application Complete	4/1/2019	SLL
507	Boyd , Jennifer H	Wicomico River	St. Mary's	13	Hydrographic Survey	4/3/2019	SLL		Y
508	Maryland Seafood Cooperative, Inc.	Patuxent River	St. Mary's	23.5	Hydrographic Survey	4/11/2019	SLL		Y
509	Maryland Seafood Cooperative, Inc.	Patuxent River	St. Mary's	38	Hydrographic Survey	4/11/2019	SLL		Y
510	Rudner , Lawrence	Harris Creek	Talbot	1.7	Phase II Review	4/16/2019	WC	Cages & Floats	Y
511	Eubanks , William E	South River	Anne Arundel	0.5	Hydrographic Survey	4/22/2019	SLL		Y
512	St. Michaels Oyster Company, LLC	Harris Creek	Talbot	3.8	Withdrawn	4/23/2019	WC	Cages & Floats	Y
513	PJH Oyster Leases, LLC	Nanticoke River	Wicomico	29.9	Hydrographic Survey	5/3/2019	SLL		Y
514	Green Pearl, LLC	Goldsborough Creek	Talbot	9.4	Application Complete	5/16/2019	SLL
515	Rudner , Lawrence	Harris Creek	Talbot	1.9	Application Complete	5/28/2019	WC	Cages & Floats
516	Morris III, John B.	Smith Creek	St. Mary's	13.2	Phase II Review	5/29/2019	SLL		Y
517	Poulos , Matthew	Chesapeake Bay	Calvert	12.5	Phase II Review	5/31/2019	WC	Cages	Y
518	Wilford, Jason	Choptank River	Dorchester	5.0	Phase II Review	6/4/2019	WC	Floats	Y
519	Gombos, Jeffrey	Choptank River	Talbot	13.9	Phase II Review	7/25/2019	SLL		Y
520	Wallace, Elizabeth	Leadenham Creek	Talbot	15.3	Application Complete	7/29/2019	WC	Cages
521	Gosnell, Wyatt D.	Choptank River	Dorchester	51.0	Phase II Review	8/12/2019	SLL		Y
522	Insley, Sr., Harry J.	Nanticoke River	Dorchester	7.9	Application Complete	8/22/2019	SLL
523	Abner, Robert F.	Chesapeake Bay	Calvert	30.0	Application Complete	9/30/2019	SLL
524	Lewis, Jr., Bradford R.	Crab Alley Bay	Queen Anne's	1.6	Application Complete	9/5/2019	SLL		Y
525	Morgan, Todd B.	Patuxent River	St. Mary's	2.0	Application Complete	9/5/2019	SLL
526	Powley, Larry R.	Tar Bay	Dorchester	40.4	Application Complete	9/11/2019	SLL		Y
527	Henderson, Jr., William F.	Tred Avon River	Talbot	9.7	Application Complete	9/19/2019	SLL
528	Powley, Larry R.	Little Choptank River	Dorchester	30.7	Application Complete	9/30/2019	SLL
529	Powley, Larry R.	Little Choptank River	Dorchester	44.4	Application Complete	10/1/2019	SLL
530	PJH Oyster Leases, LLC	Monie Bay	Somerset	9.5	Phase I Review	10/18/2019	SLL		Y
531	Barnette, John T.	Wicomico River	Somerset	3.5	Application Complete	11/8/2019	SLL
532	Baker, Michael S.	Choptank River	Dorchester	12.7	Phase I Review	11/13/2019	SLL		Y
533	Dean, Rachel A.	Patuxent River	Calvert	3.5	Phase I Review	12/4/2019	WC	Cages	Y
534	Wierzbicki, Michael C.	Chesapeake Bay	Anne Arundel	1.0	Phase I Review	2/12/2020	SLL		Y
535	Frey, Gregory S.	Johnson Bay	Worchester	5.1	Phase I Review	2/28/2020	WC	Floats and Bags	Y

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The "Lease" column above refers to Lease Type.

SLL = submerged land lease
WC = water column lease

Application Status Legend

Application Complete (App. Complete) - The department has received a Joint Application for State Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture Lease and Corps of Engineers Federal Permit and determined that it included the required components and application fee necessary to proceed with review.
Phase I Review - The department has initiated its internal review to evaluate the proposed lease site for compliance with statutory and regulatory criteria for leasing.
Phase II Review - The proposed lease site is evaluated using Geographic Information System (GIS) software for proximity to and compatibility with ecological and cultural resource areas of concern, and comments on the application are compiled from other state and federal regulatory agencies.
Hydrographic Survey - The proposed lease site is surveyed by the department's hydrographic engineer to obtain the legal coordinates and acreage that will be mapped and advertised. Temporary corner markers are placed on the proposed site at this time.
Public Notice - The department advertises a notice of the application in a newspaper circulated within the county in which the proposed site is located. The notice appears in the paper once a week for two consecutive weeks, followed by a 30-day public comment period. The notice is also available to view on the department's Public Notice web page.
PIM Request/Protest - The department received a request for a Public Information Meeting and/or a Petition of Protest during the public comment period. An application will remain in this status until a meeting request has been fulfilled, if necessary, and while the department works with all parties toward resolution of any outstanding protests. This may include adjudication of the protest through the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings.
Pending Issuance - The department has concluded its application review and determined, based on the results of the review and/or an administrative hearing, that a shellfish lease may be issued.
Lease Issued – A shellfish lease was issued by the department.

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For more information about this list or the Aquaculture and Industry Enhancement Division, please contact Kari Bradberry at 410-260-8648 or kari.bradberry1@maryland.gov

580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis MD 21401

Call toll-free in *Maryland* at 1-877-620-8DNR (8367)

Out of State: 410-260-8DNR (8367)