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Scallops

NOAA awarded more than 1.5 million pounds of scallops to 14 research projects, expected to generate more than $25 million. Photo courtesy of Carli Clancy

Scallop program puts $25 million toward research

NF Staff

F/V Carl & Co owned by Craig Stewart, a Maine State scallop license holder. Photo courtesy of Carli Clancy

New apprenticeship changes path into Maine scallop fishery

Carli Clancy

The New England Fishery Management Council will not prioritize scallop permit-stacking in 2027. Photo courtesy of Doug Stewart

NOAA could take lead on scallop permit-stacking

Carli Clancy

On August 13, Scallopalooza will take place in New Bedford, Mass., hosted by the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. Photo courtesy of Phil Mello

Scallopalooza shucking contest returns to New Bedford

Carli Clancy

Commercial fishermen and passenger vessel operators in Gloucester, Mass., are feeling the strain of rising diesel and fuel costs. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

High diesel prices hit Gloucester fishermen

NF Staff

Communications specialist Kristen Jabanoski with the HabCam, a towed camera sled system to collect images of the sea floor. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/ Megan Amico

Millions of seafloor images fuel scallop stock assessments

NF Staff

After more than 30 years, the Northern Edge of Georges Bank has been closed to scalloping, and Trump has proposed reopening it. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Thirty years after closure, Northern Edge scallop grounds could reopen

NF Staff

The commercial weathervane scallop fishery opened July 1 with harvest levels unchanged from last season, but despite nearly 400,000 pounds of Alaska quota available, only two vessels are expected to participate. Photo courtesy of ASMI

Only two vessels will fish Alaska's weathervane scallop season

Carli Clancy

Scallops on deck — Scallops on deck. NOAA photo.

Trump administration promises to make U.S. ‘dominant seafood leader’

NF Staff

The Tide-N-Knots rests on its mooring in Bailey’s Mistake, a semi-protected anchorage in Lubec, Maine. Built somewhere in Nova Scotia in 1979, the boat is typical of the rough old Novi workhorses found in Downeast Maine. Greg McConnell photo.

Boat of the month: Tide-N-Knots

Paul Molyneaux

Jeremy Zirlott, of Bayou la Batre, Alabama, buys from his three boats and two others. He packs his own shrimp and is pushing up his wholesale prices to try to get more money to the boats as fuel prices rise. “I also preach fuel efficiency,” he says. Photo

Fishermen weigh fuel costs against the catch

Paul Molyneaux