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The U.S. state of Maine encourages fishermen to practice saltwater scallop farming

foodmate 2023-01-11

Fishermen in Maine, USA, are very focused on lobster fishing, but as fishermen face many threats, including climate change, farming sea scallops provides an opportunity for local fishers to diversify their seafood fishing operations and strengthen the resilience of coastal communities built around seafood production.

 
Maricultured scallops are unique to Maine and are made up of a wide variety of people and organizations, including fishermen, farmers, seafood extension programs, community development finance institutions, and research and extension foundations.
 
NOAA Fisheries and Coastal Enterprises recently visited Marsden Brewer and Bob Brewer, operators of PenBay farmed scallops, and Andrew Peters, co-owner of Vertical Bay scallop farming.
 
Marsden Brewer, a fourth-generation fisherman, is still fishing for lobster, however, declining fish stocks and increased commercial fishing regulations have led to fewer fishing opportunities. Bob Brewer of Marsden wanted to pursue other marine work, and Marsden saw the potential of sea scallop farming.
 
PenBay has produced a cookbook to help consumers, chefs, and wholesalers understand what these products are, where they come from, and how to use them.
 
Andrew Peters, who had been a seafarer on commercial lobster boats for many years and was planning to obtain a license to catch lobster on his own vessel, learned that the long wait time and uncertainty of the process for obtaining a license prompted Andrew to look for other ways to expand and consolidate his marine career, and he discovered the possibility of farming sea scallops.
 
Andrew now sees that farming scallops is lucrative and he can work full-time on the ocean.
 
CEI is a community development financial institution in Maine with a long history of supporting fisheries and aquaculture.
 
Hugh Cowperthwaite, CEI's senior program director of fisheries and aquaculture, said sea scallop farming in Maine will not compete directly with wild scallops in New England, and that there will be no impact on demand and price trends for wild-caught sea scallops due to differences in catch and distribution size, market demand and production costs, and farmed scallops are not intended to compete for or replace wild fishery scallops.
 
In Maine, many individuals and organizations are optimistic about the growth and expansion prospects of the market for saltwater scallop farming.

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