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Long-Running Sea Scallop Survey Diversifies for the Future

Using more vessels and more sampling to ensure data keeps coming for a top U.S. fishery.
September 24, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
The HabCam going over the stern of a research vessel with deckhands managing a deployment using cables. Deploying HabCam V4 from the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow on the 2024 Integrated Sea Scallop and HabCam Research Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dvora Hart

Why We Love Farmed Seafood

This Valentine’s Day, NOAA experts share their love stories with aquaculture.
February 13, 2024 - News ,
National
Four people squat on a gravel driveway eating plates of clams cooked on a propane burner. Island Creek Oyster staff enjoying driveway clams, (Credit: Island Creek Oysters.)

2023 Northeast Atlantic Sea Scallop Survey Canceled

Contingency planning is underway for future surveys.
June 26, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A color image taken in a well-lit laboratory counter. A ruler is laid horizontally in the center of the image in the background. Three larger scallops are laid side-by-side along the top edge of the ruler and three smaller scallops are laid side-by-side along the lower edge. Each scallop has distinct, and different, striped patterns on the top shells. Atlantic sea scallops collected during the 2022 survey show the variety in coloration for this species. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Christine Kircun

New Study Finds Ocean Acidification and Warming Hinder Juvenile Atlantic Sea Scallop Growth

Study provides the first information on post-larval scallop growth under ocean acidification conditions.
March 01, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Small marine animals called sea scallops with two light brown rounded shells and numerous blue eyes along the shell margins sit in clear seawater on the mesh bottom of an aquarium. Juvenile sea scallops obtained from ​​Pine Point Oyster Company in Maine were used in this ocean acidification exposure study.

Farming Sea Scallops in Maine

The aquaculture of sea scallops in Maine has been developing for about 20 years. It offers new opportunities for former and existing commercial fishermen.
December 29, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Hugh Cowperthwaite, CEI Senior Program Director for Fisheries and Aquaculture, holds up a lantern net while describing the method of scallop farming with lantern nets hung vertically in the water. Credit: NOAA Fisheries Hugh Cowperthwaite, CEI Senior Program Director for Fisheries and Aquaculture, holds up a lantern net while describing the method of scallop farming with lantern nets hung vertically in the water. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

2022 Northeast Ship-Based Survey Review

Scientific parties, the officers and crew of NOAA ships, and charter vessels log more than 300 days at sea monitoring and sampling from ships on the U.S. Northeast shelf.
December 15, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Collage of 2022 survey photos, fish, scientist, sunrise, ships, and equipment.

2022 NOAA Northeast Sea Scallop Survey Results

Three legs, 29 days at sea, and a little rough weather round out the 2022 survey.
June 27, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A color image taken in a well-lit laboratory counter. A ruler is laid horizontally in the center of the image in the background. Three larger scallops are laid side-by-side along the top edge of the ruler and three smaller scallops are laid side-by-side along the lower edge. Each scallop has distinct, and different, striped patterns on the top shells. Atlantic sea scallops collected during the 2022 survey show the variety in coloration for this species. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Christine Kircun

The Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo: Well Worth the Wait

The long-awaited 2022 Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Exposition and Milford Aquaculture Seminar brought more than 500 aquaculture industry leaders, scientists, and ecosystem managers to Portland, Maine, in April.
June 06, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Three female scientists stand in front of a slide presentation in a conference room. The slide reads “Shelf & bag oyster aquaculture cages provide habitat for fish similar to natural boulder reefs”. NOAA Milford Lab scientists (left to right) Julie Rose, Renee Mercaldo-Allen, and Gillian Phillips present their research on the habitat services provided by shellfish aquaculture in Long Island Sound. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Kristen Jabanoski

Sustainable Fisheries, Sustainable Seafood

Celebrating success in recovering our nation's fisheries.
April 18, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Photo of tuna swimming with sun rays coming through Tuna swim in sunlight. Credit: iStock.

Changes in Ocean Conditions and Human Activities Impacted the U.S. Northeast Shelf Marine Ecosystem in 2020

The U.S. Northeast Shelf is one of the world’s most productive marine ecosystems. Seafood production, commercial and recreational fishing, ocean-dependent jobs, and other services provided by the ecosystem are all being affected by a changing climate.
April 08, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Surfaster in waves at sunrise.