This is the last month for scallop dragging in Maine. That season began in December and its last day will be in March, but will vary by fishing zone. The season for hand-harvesting scallops by divers began in November and will end on a day in March or April, depending on zone. We hear that the season has been a good one.
Above, we see the scallop fishing vessel Captain Morgan in choppy Naskeag Harbor yesterday. Nearby was the scalloper Tarrfish, shown below:.
Dear Abbie: also was at her morring yesterday:
All of the vessels are rigged for trawling their dredges (usually called “drags”) to scoop up the mollusks. However, David Tarr also dives off his Tarrfish for “divers’ scallops.” (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 8, 2022.)