PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Scallops are among the most valuable and beloved seafood items in the U.S., and a group of Maine firms thinks farming them might be a way of keeping up with increasing demand.

The Coonamessett Farm Foundation is trying to create a market for species that prey on bivalves — especially scallops, which ...

The sea scallop aquaculture community is unique to Maine and poised for growth, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which this week published a video advertising the industry.

Father-and-son fishermen Marsden and Bob Brewer have deployed a Japanese technique for farming Atlantic sea scallops, using lantern nets — the first of its kind in Penobscot Bay. Island Advantages ...

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Bangs Island Mussels’ farm manager Jon Gorman heads out on Casco Bay, off of Portland, Maine, in a blue and white fishing boat named Le Cozze (Italian for mussels). He motors past one of the rafts ...

A new species was found on commercial scallop farms in southern China, researchers said. Zhang, et al (2025) Ecology and Evolution In the Beibu Gulf of the South China Sea, an expansive grid of tied ...