West Point, Montreal: In 44 years of fishing scallops, Tony Sharpe says he’s never seen anything like it.
Many of the scallops his drags bring up from beds off West Point are covered with barnacles.
What’s worse is the meat, even in many of the large shells, is quite small. He wonders if there is a connection between the barnacles and the poor meat count some fishermen have been encountering since the season opened May 2.
“I’m awfully disappointed right now,” Sharpe said.
