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A behind-the-scenes look at Maine’s growing scallop farming industry

WABI5
Posted 2023-08-24

Story by Alyssa Thurlow, published in WABI on August 18, 2023.

Maine’s wild scallop harvest is still a few months away, but a group of fishermen in Penobscot Bay can fish scallops year-round thanks to Maine’s growing aquaculture industry. “This just puts another tool in the toolbox to allow them to adapt. We’re not looking to be replaced. We just want the opportunity to adapt,” said scallop farmer, Marsden Brewer…

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