Survey Suggests Bumper Crop of East Coast Sea Scallops Coming Up
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [NPR] By Annie Ropeik - July 2, 2015 -
Scallop fishermen off the East Coast could soon see one of their biggest bumper crops ever.
Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looks for young sea scallops on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. This year, when they stuck their camera in the water, they got a huge shock, says Dvora Hart, a research analyst with NOAA's Fisheries Service.
Scallop populations are up all over the East Coast. The juveniles found in their surveys will be big enough to harvest in the next two to three years at ports like Cape May, N.J., and New...
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