Virginia's bay scallop population is experiencing an unprecedented resurgence, thanks to years of dedicated restoration work led by the Batten School & VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory (ESL) in ...

WACHAPREAGUE, Va. — Bay scallops were once "locally extinct" in the Eastern Shore — however, restoration work from local research groups has resulted in the population "multiplying exponentially." ...

An “unprecedented resurgence” in bay scallops in Virginia could soon open the door for recreational fishing of the species, said scientists at William & Mary’s Batten School and the Virginia Institute ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — This coastal city calls itself the "Scallop Capital of the World" and last week celebrated with an inaugural Scallopalooza, a night festival and event organized by the New Bedford ...

The 2025 Peconic Bay scallop season is on track to be another disaster, according to early bay surveys, but reinforcements are on the way in the form of more than 700,000 disease-tolerant scallops. In ...