A proposal from the regulating agency would set a 205,000-pound total allowable catch for the Northern Gulf of Maine that would be split between two categories of boats.
Massachusetts Environmental Police conducted an inspection aboard a scallop vessel in New Bedford. The boat was found to have more that the legal federal limit.
Three projects proposed by the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology will be funded through the Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The federal government is shutting down scallop fishing in a key New England fishing area amid an ongoing conflict over the harvest of the valuable shellfish.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will close the northern Gulf of Maine area at 12:01 a...
New Bedford Police detectives have charged two former employees of Continental Cold Storage at 65 Conway St. in New Bedford with stealing more than 8,300 pounds of frozen scallops and selling them to other seafood companies in the area.
Michael Caton, 30, of 17923 Applegate Road, Applegate, California, and Antonio E
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