Lagoon Pond and the Vineyard Haven harbor may soon be closed to scalloping if the Tisbury selectmen agree to follow the recommendation of the town shellfish department.

Shellfish constable Danielle Ewart came before the board this week to recommend closing the Tisbury side of the Lagoon and the harbor effective Nov. 25. The reason is a dwindling supply of adult scallops.

“We just reached over 500 bushels of scallops and it started to decrease dramatically,” Ms. Ewart told the selectmen at their meeting Tuesday. “A lot of commercial fishermen are not fishing regularly anymore, a lot of families are not reaching their limit,” she added. Though Ms. Ewart has the authority to close the pond under state law, she agreed to wait until next week so the topic could be listed on the selectmen’s agenda for Tuesday.

Lake Tashmoo is scheduled to open Dec. 1 for scalloping, but Ms. Ewart said it wasn’t looking great.

Assistant DPW director Tom Mello gave the selectmen an update on the snow emergency protocol. After last winter’s blizzards, the selectmen requested a presentation to ensure the new DPW was ready to handle the snow this winter.

So far the DPW has mapped out prioritized roadways, been in contact with contractors and checked the status of equipment.

“We will make sure all of our public accepted roads by the board of selectmen are taken care of first, after those we will continue to do all private roads open to the public, we will continue to clean up and make sure an emergency vehicle can get to any house in Vineyard Haven,” Mr. Mello said.

There was also some discussion about clearing sidewalks. On Main street, business owners are responsible for shoveling the walkways in front of their stores. Mr. Mello said most comply with the rule.

“The cleaner they get the sidewalks while we’re down there plowing, the cleaner main street is going to be,” he said.

The selectmen agreed that during snow emergencies there should be an employee stationed both at the DPW headquarters and at town hall to answer calls from town residents.

Mr. Mello said the DPW will look into new methods for pretreating roads as well.

“They’ve come a long way from just pretreating with sand and salt . . . . we look into it in the future, this year do the best we can with sand and salt,” he said.

In other business, selectmen voted to send a letter to the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank asking that no hunting with guns, including muzzle loaders, be permitted on Tisbury land bank properties. The town is working to clarify a town bylaw that prohibits the discharge of firearms to include muzzle loaders, or antique firearms. “The selectmen do not want hunting in these areas and the selectmen represent the town,” said chairman Tristan Israel. “We would like this to end now, because shotgun season is about week away.”

In response to a citizen’s request for more winter holiday decorations downtown, specifically near Owen Park, the selectmen said though it is not budgeted for this year they would happily accept donations. Mr. Mello said if LED outdoor holiday lights or money to purchase lights is donated, the DPW could arrange to put up the decorations.