South Shore Shellfish Program
Cohasset to Westport, including Cape Cod and the Islands.
Mike Hickey, Statewide Shellfish Program Manager
Tel: (508) 742-9768
Email: Michael.hickey@mass.gov
Thomas Shields, South Shore Regional Shellfish Supervisor & John T. Hughes Hatchery Manager
Tel: (508) 742-9767
Email: Thomas.shields@mass.gov
Gregory Sawyer, Senior Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Fall River, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Somerset, Swansea, Plymouth, Marion, Wareham, Westport, and northern section of Bourne
Specialty: Contaminated Shellfish Relays
Tel: (508) 742-9769
Email: Gregory.sawyer@mass.gov
Neil Churchill, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Barnstable, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, New Bedford, Marshfield, Sandwich, and southern section of Scituate
Specialty: Oil Spills, Bacteriological Lab Backup Support
Tel: (508) 742-9763
Email: Neil.churchill@mass.gov
John Mendes, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Gosnold, Falmouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Mashpee, Middle of Cape Cod Bay, and southern section of Bourne
Specialty: Shellfish Task Force and Posting of Closure Signs on South Shore
Tel: (508) 742-9764
Email: John.mendes@mass.gov
Terry O’Neil, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Brewster, Eastham, Chatham, Dennis, Harwich, Orleans, Cohasset, Yarmouth, and northern section of Scituate
Specialty: Phytoplankton Monitoring, PSP Sample Scheduling, Bacteriological Lab Backup
Tel: (508) 742-9765
Email: Terry.oneil@mass.gov
Christopher Schillaci, DMF Aquaculture Specialist and Vibrio Coordinator
Tel: (508) 742-9760
Email: christoper.schillaci@mass.gov
Christian Petitpas, Assistant Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Nantucket, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Aquinnah, Chilmark, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown, Middle of Nantucket Sound
Specialty: Bacteriological Lab Backup Support, HAB Specialist
Tel: (508) 742-9766
Email: Christian.petitpas@mass.gov
Gabriel Lundgren, Assistant Shellfish Biologist
Specialty: Aquaculture permitting, surveying and field sampling support
Tel: (508) 742-9761
Email: Gabe.lundgren@mass.gov
Susan Boehler, Bacteriology Laboratory Supervisor
Tel: (508) 742-9759
Email: Susan.boehler@mass.gov
North Shore Shellfish Program
Hull to Salisbury including greater Boston Harbor
Jeff Kennedy, North Shore Regional Shellfish Supervisor & Newburyport Shellfish Purification Plant Manager
Tel: (978) 282-0308 x165
Email: Jeff.kennedy@mass.gov
Greg Bettencourt, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Boston, Chelsea, Marblehead, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, Quincy, Salisbury, Swampscott, Winthrop
Specialty: Database Administrator and GIS Mapping
Tel: (978) 282-0308 x161
Email: Greg.bettencourt@mass.gov
Melissa Campbell, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Gloucester
Specialty: Phytoplankton Monitoring and Newburyport Laboratory Support
Tel: (978) 282-0308 x131
Email: Melissa.campbell@mass.gov
Ryan Joyce, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Essex, Hingham, Hull, Ipswich, Lynn, Revere, Saugus
Tel: (979) 282-0308 x171
Email: Ryan.joyce@mass.gov
Devon Winkler, Shellfish Area Biologist
Areas: Beverly, Braintree, Gloucester, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Weymouth
Specialty: Hydrographic Studies
Tel: (979) 282-0308 x169
Email: Devon.winkler@mass.gov
Florence Cenci, Laboratory Supervisor
Specialty: Bacteriology and Marine Biotoxins
Tel: (979) 282-0308 x135
Email: Florence.cenci@mass.gov
Newburyport Shellfish Purification Plant
Diane Regan, Laboratory Supervisor
Specialty: Shellfish Bacteriology and Vibrio Analysis
Tel: (978) 465-3553 x312
Email: Diane.regan@mass.gov
Kevin Magowan, Depuration Coordinator
Tel: (978) 465-3553 x311
Email: Kevin.magowan@mass.gov