These machines from Japan could put scallop farming in Maine on the map

April 30, 2018

Growing scallops in captivity and possibly developing different varieties is “a diversification strategy” for Maine’s existing scallop industry, he added.

(Reprint from Bangor Daily News 4/29/2018) – A project in Maine, boosted by a new grant, would establish the first semi-automated commercial scallop aquaculture operations outside Japan.

The $300,000 grant to CEI, a Brunswick business development organization, from the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research of Washington, D.C., will help fund efforts to test the economic viability of cultivating scallops on ropes at aquaculture sites in Maine’s coastal waters. Read more.