mother-lode of scallops

Council Opens Scallop Areas
Council Opens Scallop Areas
Council Opens Scallop Areas
The New England Fishery Management Council has agreed to reopen a scallop area on the northern edge of Georges Bank, an area that's been closed to scallopers since 1994. The news was applauded by New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell. "The northern edge is the mother-lode of scallops in the Atlantic, and if our scallopers can get at that we can expect for the next couple of years really, a real upti