A new video by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration touts the benefits of farming the scallop, which has to potential to serve as a specialty market within the seafood industry.
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Automation technology and farming techniques borrowed from more mature scallop fisheries as far away as Japan are giving some seafood harvesters a glimpse of a potentially profitable future.
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A new cookbook released Thursday aims to draw consumer interest to Maine’s growing industry for farmed scallops.
“Recipe Ideas for Farmed Sea Scallops” was co-authored by fisherman Marsden Brewer and natural history writer Marnie Reed Crowell, both Stonington residents.
Coastal Enterprises Inc. announced the release of the publication as part of a three-year initiative, funded by the Washington, D.C., nonprofit Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, to further develop scallop farming efforts in Maine, according to a news release.
The publication was funded with support from CEI, Maine Technology Institute, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Maine Sea Grant Program Development Funds and Maine Community Foundation.