Shellfish departments adapt after a slow season for bay scallops - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Shellfish departments adapt after a slow season for bay scallops - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Shellfish departments across the Island are making efforts to adapt to several environmental factors that hampered last season’s bay scallop harvest. At the forefront of that effort is the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group (MVSG), which just celebrated 50 years of preserving and promoting the Island’s shellfish stock. MVSG raises and distributes bay scallop seed to the town’s shellfish departments from late July to the end of summer hatchery sea…