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Author: Town Administrative Assistant

Swan’s Island FEMA Disaster Assistance rescheduled for May 4th, 2024

**FEMA IN PERSON DISASTER ASSISTANCE May 4th, 2024**

FEMA registration event at the Swan’s Island Town Office Saturday May 4th, 2024. 10a.m – 3p.m.

We will have representatives from FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance program there as well as Small Business Administration.

The primary focus will be residents who sustained damage to their home in the January storm. Local businesses, fishermen, aquaculture, etc. may also stop by to speak with the SBA reps.

FEMA representatives have expressed that secondary homes will be more difficult to qualify for assistance AND the property owner MUST be present at this event to determine their ability to receive any assistance. A caretaker cannot speak on your behalf.

Please have a valid ID and you may have to provide your social security number.

Your town select board will continue to advocate for all our residents in the wake of the storm surge events in January.

TOWN OF SWAN’S ISLAND SHELLFISH HARVESTING LICENSES

Applications for Shellfish Harvesting Licenses for the period April 1, 2024 to
March 31, 2025 may be printed from the Swan’s Island Town Website at www.swansisland.org and mailed to Town Clerk at PO Box 11, Swan’s Island, ME 04685 or sent to sitownclerk@gmail.com.

The application must be received no later than March 29th. At 9:00 AM on Monday, April 1st, there will be a drawing to determine who will receive the Non-resident Commercial Shellfish License. This will be will be aired on Facebook Live from the Town of Swan’s Island Page.

At that time the Town Clerk shall issue one license to a non-resident. Thereafter, when ten licenses are issued to residents then one more shall be awarded to the non-resident whose name was drawn next.

Resident Commercial Shellfish Harvest License $200.00
Non-Resident Commercial Shellfish Harvest License $400.00
Resident Recreational Shellfish Harvest License $ 20.00
Non-resident Recreational Shellfish Harvest License $ 40.00

Recreational licenses will not be sold to any person holding a State of Maine Commercial Shellfish License and will be revoked if that person subsequently acquires a State of Maine Commercial Shellfish License.

Town of Swan’s Island Application for Shellfish Harvesting License