Archived entries for Harvesting
Post snowstorm
We are glad the new years storm is gone. Several days of high winds and low temperatures kept everyone form fishing as we can;t fish when it is below 28. We woke up to the first bay scallop fishing day of the new year and it was great. A beautiful sunrise over Madaket Harbor. A great start to 2010.
Breaking the ice
Hither Creek was a sheet of ice today. We went out today to break it up so we could get out tomorrow. It took two boats to make a path out to the harbor. Should be good fishing tomorrow.
Too Cold for Nantucket Scallops
One of the regulations that scallopers must follow is the 28 degree rule. If the ambient temperature is below 28 before 10a.m. there is no fishing for the day. The idea behind the rule is that when you pull the Nantucket Bay Scallops out of the water this also includes the babies (know as spat) or 1 year olds. The cold weather could potentially kill the baby scallops hurting the fishery. So we have two days off. We are thankful as it allows us time to Christmas Shop, and we saved enough scallops for our orders today! The photo below is the flag in front of the Harbormaster’s office that indiicates “no scalloping today.”
Back to work
Commercial Scalloping is regulated as a Monday through Friday operation, fishing starts at 6:30 a.m., and today we have a little ambient light at 6:30. Here is Kona working the culling board emptying his first dredge of the day.
Nantucket Scallops taste better!
When its cold outside! Temperatures are back to normal now out on island, the wind thankfully has let up today. Should get interesting tomorrow. The crowds are thinning out on the water, we’ll see how things shape up the next few days.
Time to head back out!
Tomorrow starts another day of fishing for us. Nantucket Bay Scallops can be commercially harvested Monday through Friday from 630am on. So we are out on the water by 6, and hopefully in as soon as possible so we can shuck them and get them off to our customers. At Nantucket Bay Scallop Company our goal is to have as few hands and steps involved in the process of getting scallops from the harbor to your table.
Gearing up for Thanksgiving
We’ll be shipping a lot of Nantucket Bay Scallops this week to arrive in time for Thanksgiving. Weather is still cooperating, and now the tides are as well. We overnight scallops to anywhere in the U.S. Call today. 508 228 9200. Here is Kona (The Nantucket Bay Scallop Company poster boy) throwing a test dredge today.
A spell of great weather
We are experiencing some great weather out here on Nantucket, yesterday was sunny and in the low sixties. Another nice day forecasted today with low winds.
Eeelgrass is life!
Eeelgrass is an important factor into the growth of the Nantucket Bay Scallop. Its difficult to see but if you look hard you can see it.
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