scholarly journals An Econometric Analysis of Atlantic Sea Scallop Markets

1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
David A. Storey ◽  
Cleve E. Willis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New England ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Placopecten Magellanicus ◽  
Northeastern United States ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Sea Scallop ◽  
Sea Scallops ◽  
Fish And Shellfish

The Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) is harvested in the waters off the coast of the northeastern United States and Canada by vessels from both countries. The Atlantic sea scallop fishery has been an important fishery in the Northeastern U.S. in recent decades. This is particularly true for New England where, during the quarter-century ending in 1976, over 10 percent of the value of all fish and shellfish landed was attributable to the harvest of sea scallops.

Spillover of sea scallops from rotational closures in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (United States)

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 1992-2002
Author(s):  
Deborah R Hart ◽  
Daphne M Munroe ◽  
Joseph C Caracappa ◽  
Dale Haidvogel ◽  
Burton V Shank ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Larval Transport ◽  
Placopecten Magellanicus ◽  
Elephant Trunk ◽  
Sea Scallops

Abstract We examined evidence for larval spillover (increased recruitment outside the closures) of Atlantic sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) due to rotational closures in the Mid-Atlantic Bight using a 40-year fisheries survey time series and a larval transport model. Since the first closure of the Hudson Canyon South (HCS) area in 1998, mean recruitment in the two areas directly down-current from this closure, Elephant Trunk (ET) and Delmarva (DMV), increased significantly by factors of about 7 and 2, respectively. Stock–recruit plots indicate that low biomasses in HCS were associated with reduced mean recruitment in ET and DMV. Simulations indicate that larvae spawned in HCS often settle in the two downstream areas and that model-estimated settlement (based on gonad biomass in HCS and year-specific larval transport between the areas) is correlated with observed recruitment. This study gives strong evidence that the rotational closure of HCS has induced increased recruitment in down-current areas.

scholarly journals Shell growth of sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) in the southern and northern Great South Channel, USA

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 811-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley P. Harris ◽  
Kevin D.E. Stokesbury
Keyword(s):  
Shell Growth ◽  
Shell Height ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Placopecten Magellanicus ◽  
Geographic Scale ◽  
Sea Scallop ◽  
Asymptotic Size ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Sea Scallops

Abstract Shell growth of sea scallops in two commercially productive regions of the Great South Channel (GSC) (41°4′N 69°16′W) was studied using tag–recapture experiments. Commercial fishers captured and returned 9.7% of the 11 704 sea scallops tagged in the southern GSC study area, and 7.9% of the 18 274 sea scallops tagged in the northern GSC study area. Scallop density and shell height distribution were sampled with underwater video in the two study areas. In the southern GSC tagged scallops grew faster, reached larger asymptotic size, and had higher growth performance (Φ′) than in the northern GSC study area. Mean sea scallop density in the southern GSC was 0.117 scallops m−2 (s.e. = 0.01), and 2.601 scallops m−2 (s.e. = 0.28) in the northern GSC. Environmental factors, fishing pressure, and sea scallop density all influence shell growth on a fine geographic scale (1–100 km2) and should be considered in area-specific management strategies, such as that currently used in the USA sea scallop fishery.

Regional Significance of pre-Wisconsinan Till from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

1983 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Oldale ◽  
D. M. Eskenasy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New England ◽  
Oxygen Isotope ◽  
Northeastern United States ◽  
Oxygen Isotope Stage ◽  
Late Wisconsinan

AbstractA major pre-Wisconsinan glacial event is the only possible source of the lower till on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The till occurs near the late Wisconsinan drift border and below fossiliferous marine beds of oxygen-isotope stage 5 (Sangamonian) age. It is considered to be Illinoian in age, but the evidence is tenuous. The till is correlated with the lower till of New England, and its presence supports the view that the New England upper and lower tills represent two glaciations. The pre-Wisconsinan (lower) till in New England may correlate with older tills elsewhere in the northeastern United States and in southeastern Canada that are considered to be early Wisconsinan or older in age.

Accumulation of domoic acid by the sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) fed cultured cells of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries

1997 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 907-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Douglas ◽  
E R Kenchington ◽  
C J Bird ◽  
R Pocklington ◽  
B Bradford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Gland ◽  
Domoic Acid ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Adductor Muscle ◽  
Placopecten Magellanicus ◽  
Bivalve Molluscs ◽  
Destructive Sampling ◽  
Sea Scallop ◽  
Sea Scallops

Sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) were fed Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries (formerly P. pungens f. multiseries, Nitzschia pungens f. multiseries) cells of high domoic acid (DA) content (4.0-6.7 pg DA cdot cell-1) for 22 days, followed by 14 days of feeding with nontoxic microalgae. DA was incorporated within 24 h by the scallops, with increased uptake after 6 days, and was concentrated in tissues in the following order: digestive gland >> remaining soft tissue >> adductor muscle. A maximum DA concentration of 3108 mu g cdot g-1 was recorded in the digestive gland, approximately 150 times the regulatory limit (20 mu g DA cdot g-1) and among the highest levels observed in bivalve molluscs; however, only trace amounts, 0.7-1.5 mu g cdot g-1, were found concomitantly in the adductor muscle. At the end of the exposure period, 50.9% of the DA that had been supplied to the scallops had been incorporated into the tissues. Concentrations in the digestive gland 14 days after termination of the toxic diet remained high, 752 mu g DA cdot g-1. Throughout the experiment, there was no sign of illness or mortality attributable to high DA loading, although the destructive sampling of animals did not allow us to assess the effects of the toxin in the longer term.

scholarly journals Whole Farm Water Use: A Survey of Vegetable Producers in New England States | 2018

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Schattman ◽  
Vern Grubinger ◽  
Lisa McKaeg ◽  
Katie Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
New England ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hazard Identification ◽  
Northeastern United States ◽  
Safety Hazard ◽  
Produce Safety ◽  
Regulatory Changes

Produce safety and climate change are two overlapping risks that face vegetable producers in the northeastern United States. Because of recent public health outbreaks (and subsequent litigation) traced back to fresh produce, food safety hazard identification and risk mitigation has become the focus of significant regulatory changes in the United States (FDA 2015)

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