We’re back for the final leg of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center sea scallop survey on the R/V Hugh Sharp. The weather was very calm at the start of the trip, and we had a beautiful sunrise for ...

Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline ...

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Scientists in the UK have discovered that if they take a pot meant for catching crabs and just add some bright lights, scallops flock through the door like it's Studio 54. Scallops are normally fished ...

Commercial fisheries using trawls for groundfish and shrimp and dredges fo\r scallops take place in the 6 fishery management regions of the contiguous United States. The information collected about ...

Scallop dredging and bottom-trawling are doing lasting damage to key habitats in coastal waters. The law commits Scottish ministers to protect them, writes Rebecca McQuillan, so it’s past time to act ...

People in the Summer Isles hold a weekend-long Maerl and Herring festival to celebrate 10 years of a ban on dredging for scallops, which has sparked a dramatic revival of marine life.Photograph: ...