Bill to Limit Maine Scallop Harvest Comes Up Short in Legislature
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] - July 6, 2015
Rep. Robert Alley of Beals says he will try again next year to safeguard wild-caught scallops for future generations.
A Washington County legislator says he will try again next year to persuade the Legislature to limit the harvest of Maine scallops.
The fishing industry this year resisted a bill proposed by Rep. Robert Alley, D-Beals, and it later died in committee in April. He had proposed legislation to create a limit of 90 pounds a day per person on wild-caught Maine scallops so future generations, he said, would still be able to harvest them.
Maine scallops are favored in culinary circles, typically ...
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