Long-Running NOAA Sea Scallop Survey Diversifies for the Future
Our sea scallop survey has been providing data on population status since 1979. Over that time, the stock has recovered from very low levels to a population large enough to support one of the nation’s most valuable single-species fisheries. The status of the population isn’t the only thing that’s changed. Increasingly sophisticated ways to track sea scallop populations have come along. We have adapted and diversified our survey methods to take advantage of them.
Adding survey capacity
While we started with one vessel surveying the entire area with a dredge...
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