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.”

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