Seine Bay scallops get MSC blue tick
It has been a long process of adjusting management and fishing practices, followed by an assessment by an independent certification body – leading to Seine Bay scallops achieving the MSC…
Ready for scallop season
A new trawler/scalloper for fishing company Cap Fagnet has been launched at the Manche Industrie Marine yard in Dieppe for Fécamp owners Yvon Neveu and Panel Matthieu. The new Le…
Ocean Choice sells Nova Scotia offshore scallop quota
Ocean Choice International has sold its offshore Nova Scotia scallop quotas to three Nova Scotia companies with a long history harvesting sea scallops off the coast of Nova Scotia –…
New insight into scalloping with gear-mounted camera
SN Tech’s CatchCam has been in use on US scalloper K.A.T.E. II while fishing on the Georges Bank scallop grounds, and the hours of resulting footage from the gear have…
Funding boost for WA scallop research
A joint project between the Western Australian Government and fishing company One Sea are set to boost scallop stocks along WA’s MidWest, South West and South Coast fisheries. Western Australian…
First catch for high-tech scalloper
The first scallops harvested from Norwegian waters for around thirty years have been caught by pioneering scallop catcher Arctic Pearl. Arctic Pearl’s crew announced that they got the best present…
Bass Strait Scallop season opens – with MSC blue tick
On the opening morning of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop fishery (BSCZSF) 2022 scallop season, the fishery was awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification for its sustainable fisheries practices and…
Normandy’s 30,000 tonne scallop season
This year’s scallop season ended on 15th May and figure for the seven-and-a-half-month fishery indicate that 30,000 tonnes of scallops were landed, with an average price of €2.90 per kilo,…
Tensions rise as France detains UK fishing vessel
One UK fishing vessel has been detained by the French authorities and escorted to Le Havre, and a second has been fined, according to France’s Minister of the Sea, Annick…
New Zealand’s east Coromandel scallop fishery is subject to a two-year shutdown. Images: MPI Fisheries
Scallop fishery’s two-year shutdown
Authorities in New Zealand have announced the closure of the east Coromandel scallop fishery for two years, starting this Saturday, and this applies to both commercial and recreational fishing for…
