Peter Miller and Merritt Casey helped start the Maine Aquaculture Co-op Maine's first scallop farming cooperative, at Millers' Wharf in Tenants Harbor. Father-and-son fishermen Marsden and Bob Brewer, ...

Scallops hang on long lines at Vertical Bay's small scallop farm in Penobscot Bay, off of Deer Isle. The company was just granted a 20-year state lease to expand their operation significantly. Credit: ...

STONINGTON, Maine (WABI) - Maine’s wild scallop harvest is still a few months away, but a group of fishermen in Penobscot Bay can fish scallops year-round thanks to Maine’s growing aquaculture ...

A Maine research team is investigating potential economic benefits of a scallop production technique called “ear-hanging,” in which scallops grow attached to lines hanging vertically in the ocean, as ...

As rapidly warming oceans continue to drive Maine lobster into more remote waters, some in the state’s fishing industry regard sea scallop farming as the prime candidate to help bring added stability ...

If you don't love scallops, you probably just haven't had one that's cooked properly. That is, pan fried with some garlic and butter and herbs. They are very tasty. In Maine, scientists and fishermen ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Scallops are among the most valuable and beloved seafood items in the U.S., and a group of Maine firms thinks farming them might be a way of keeping up with increasing demand.

An abundance of plumped-up bay scallops from waters around the Peconic Bay is giving Long Island’s East End shellfishing industry a vital boost. With the industry already thriving from a resurgence of ...

As rapidly warming oceans continue to drive Maine lobster into more remote waters, some in the state’s fishing industry regard sea scallop farming as the prime candidate to help bring added stability ...

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