NEW BEDFORD — According to a letter he wrote to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, New Bedford Port Authority Executive Director Gordon Carr has "grave concern" for the scallop fishing industry in ...

A slight change to kit used for scallop dredging has shown potential to reduce the damage caused to the seabed during commercial fishing expeditions. Scallop dredges are heavy-duty metal framed nets ...

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell advocated for the opening of Georges Bank's Northern Edge to scallop fishermen in 2023 during New England Fishery Management Council meetings last week in Newport, ...

Standing at the water’s edge overlooking Nantucket Harbor, Tara Riley explained that she had never heard of the famed island before she applied to become the town's shellfish biologist in 2009. But ...

Tasmanian Scallop Fishermen’s Association president John Hammond says big changes are needed to the management of the industry. “It is on death row unless something gives,” he said. This year just ...

A US commercial fishing vessel homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts, ran aground on Friday (April 11), according to a US Coast Goard report. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston received a ...

Scallop fishing techniques could be used to remove sludge from legacy ponds at Sellafield if a second stage of technology development is successful. Scallop fishing techniques could be used to remove ...

A US commercial fisherman identified as 26-year-old Jaxson Marston was killed on Friday (April 25) when a rope snapped on a vessel he was working on off Nahant, Massachusetts. Another crew member was ...