Scallop Season Starts Next Month

The select boards in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Chilmark all voted this week to set their scalloping dates.

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Scallop Partnership Seeks Disease Answers

In a recent study, Vineyard bay scallops proved resilient to a parasite that decimated scallops off New York. Researchers say that gives hope for the future of the species.

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Mixed Results as Commercial Bay Scallop Season Ends

Island fishermen harvested around 2,500 fewer bushels this year, though local scallopers and fishmongers say it wasn’t all bad news for the fishery, as a lower harvest on- and off-Island prevented the precipitous drop in scallop prices that occurred last year.

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After Banner Bay Scallop Year, Fishermen Test the Waters

As the harvesting season for bay scallops gets underway, Island fishermen and shellfish wholesalers are readying themselves for their annual gamble in a fishery with a reputation for uncertainty.

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State Grants a Boon to Island Shellfishermen

A bay scallop farming study is one of several projects in Dukes County funded by new state grants, aimed at bolstering the local shellfish industry in a time of climate change.

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Banner Bay Scallop Year Not All Good News for Fishermen

It has been a bountiful season for the Vineyard’s bay scallop fishery, but scallopers struggled to capitalize due to an atrophied market.

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Bivalve Predator Puts Scientists on Alert

Local researchers are keeping a close watch on a parasite that has infected and decimated New York's bay scallop population.

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Edgartown Extends Scallop, Oyster Seasons

Commercial bay scalloping and oyster seasons will be extended in Edgartown following a vote by the town select board Monday. Both will run until May 1.

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Hardy Souls Work the Water in All Kinds of Weather

In late winter, as the cold winds blow, the Edgartown Harbor is a quiet place, mostly populated by gulls, the Chappy ferry making its appointed rounds, and the occasional scalloper or oysterman.

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Bay Scallop Season Begins With Bumper Crop in Lagoon Pond

Bay scallop season has arrived, and while most of the Island is reporting an average or down year on the ponds, there is cautious excitement in Tisbury.

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