Once again the fishing industry and, more particularly, the scallop-harvesting industry is being subjected to extremely conservative rules relating to the ability of the scallopers to harvest product.
The New England Fishery Management Council reduced the number of days that scallopers can operate from 39 to 29 days for the coming fishing year.
For a moment, let’s look at the impact of that kind of reduction in the real world of scallopers involved and scallop processors who distribute product throughout the United States and the world.