The global scallop industry is booming, and US-caught scallops are riding the high, but whether that high continues may depend upon whether management rules change to allow for better practices.
As IntraFish reported recently, prices are at record levels, and demand is strong in the United States, Europe and Asia.
But scallop fishermen on the East Coast, which represent nearly the entire US scallop commodity industry, have inefficiencies that would make success difficult in a more competitive market, Eastern Fisheries Executive Vice President Joe Furtado told IntraFish.
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