Reports are coming in from other parts of the Island including the West End. Nothing anywhere.
I've seen this happen before. We cant have a banner year every year. This will be a lean year for the commercial guys. Here are a few shots I grabbed this morning-
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Not much in the Wild West, but the water is still warm, and the eel grass is deep. Maybe we just need a good blow! Too early to tell.
"Make nub, not war!"
Any news about the Horseshed? Did anyone get a full bushel?
Gosh, no scallops? A downside perhaps to the rape last winter?
Nobody raped anything last winter. That is a common misconception held by most people who do not understand commercial bay scalloping. We have good years and we have not so good years. This year is a not so good year. It is as simple as that. I've been commercial bay scalloping for close to thirty years now. I've seen it all. The up-coming lean season does not concern me in the least. We will have better years.
Here's some coverage of the 2007 Nantucket Scalloping season.
http://nantucket.plumtv.com/stories/saving_nantucket_scallop
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