Scallop Industry Growth In North America

The scallop industry is growing in North America with the aid of Japanese technology and recent grants to adapt aquaculture techniques to the waters off the Eastern coast of the United States. However, Árni Kristmundsson and Mark Andrew Freeman have discovered that the common whelk carries a parasite which is deadly when it infects scallops. Scallop aquaculturists will need to remain vigilant to the threat.

Scallops: seafood with a shell

A scallop is a type of saltwater clam or mollusk with a shell. Some oysters are also sometimes referred to as scallops. They have a single muscle called the adductor muscle which can also simply be referred to as scallop when sold as a meat, however, the ovary known as roe or coral can also be eaten.

Scallops

The rest of the market belongs to Japan which has its own wild scallops but also enhanced sea culture and also aquaculture. China also has a sizeable market share which is filled mostly with cultured sea scallop. A niche market has also developed for diver “picked” scallops that contrast the common industrial dredging and trawling approach.

According to the latest available statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the scallop aquaculture industry which basically features 11 types of scallops produced 2.1 million metric tons in 2016. China and Japan currently account for 90 percent of scallop aquaculture. The United States is beginning to move toward enhanced sea culture and also aquaculture of scallops. There was a 526-percent growth in the aquaculture industry in the commonwealth between 2005 and

The port was highly recommended by Brunswick, Maine-based Coastal Enterprises, Inc. in a recent report they produced. In addition, CEI has received a grant of its own.

Grant awarded for Japanese aquaculture technique

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has award CEI a USD 300,000 grant to investigate the economic viability of the Japanese “ear-hanging” aquaculture scallop production technique in the state of Maine. The grant, which was announced on April 23, will fund a three-year program, to cover market analysis and the hiring of a consultant with a background in wild scallops.

The aquaculture technique which involves pinning the scallops to ropes needs specialist equipment to be efficient, however, the end product allows the scallop more freedom to open and close which is important for nutrient intake and crucially exercises the adductor muscle that will ultimately be eaten. The ropes are hung in the