A slight change to kit used for scallop dredging has shown potential to reduce the damage caused to the seabed during commercial fishing expeditions. Scallop dredges are heavy-duty metal framed nets ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Cliff Goudey's version of the better mousetrap is the better scallop dredge. The director of MIT Sea Grant's Center for Fisheries Engineering Research wants to build a better ...

Much of that success is due to DuPaul’s early work on ring size in scallop dredges, which revolutionized the fishery’s primary gear type by allowing the release of smaller, younger scallops. This ...

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- The Jacob & Joshua fishing boat is dockside at daybreak and the crew requires a couple different forms of fuel: gas and coffee. The sky is a mix of purple, pink, and ...

A NOAA Fisheries scallop survey off the northeastern U.S. coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts shows high numbers of juvenile "recruit" sea scallops and ocean quahogs on Georges Bank ...

The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a busy place. Roughly 21 miles offshore from Boston’s harbor, the waters are a rich fishing ground, a whale migration route, a shipping channel, and a ...

There have been lean years in Peconic Bay, on Long Island. But fishermen have never seen a failed harvest like this one. Tim Sweat preparing his boat on the opening day of scallop season in New ...