Special Features
Dayboat Scallops Come to New York
In 2009, responding to increasingly poor scallop harvests, Maine's Department of Marine Resources implemented a rotating closure strategy, that basically meant no fishing for a dozen coastal areas. This was the first step in a series of conservation regulations that lasted until 2012. Happily, the closures seem to be paying off. Less extreme fishery restrictions remain, but now with the highest yields of the decade.