Bay Scallops in Virginia Were Extinct. Now, They're 'Multiplying Exponentially.'

An "unprecedented resurgence" in bay scallops in Virginia could soon open the door for recreational fishing of the species, said scientists at William & Mary's Batten School and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
Until the 1930s, Virginia held a significant chunk of the scallop industry - even hosting the largest bay scallop fishery in the country. Then, within three years of the population's peak in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay waters in 1930, scallops were nearly extinct, according to a VIMS report from 2017...
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