At Tomales Bay water quality and shellfish meeting, a call for more meetings

The possibility of leasing more acres in Tomales Bay for shellfish cultivation—and the attendant water quality concerns—were discussed and debated among dozens of attendees at the first Tomales Bay Shellfish Technical Advisory Committee meeting in years, held at the Inverness Yacht Club on Tuesday.

The committee had taken a hiatus while the Regional Water Quality Control Board focused on implementing its Total Maximum Daily Load program for pathogens in the bay, and on administering grants…