Peconic Bay Scallop Season Opens With A Bang: 'The Stars Aligned'

For the scores hankering for a taste of the much-anticipated Peconic Bay scallops, the wait is over. The season kicked off yesterday and, according to all sources, this year’s bumper crop is sweet and bountiful.

“It’s good, very good,” said Charlie Manwaring of the Southold Fish Market. “It’s a good harvest. We’ve seen far more already than we had last year.”

Manwaring said favorable conditions, such as the cold winter and a cool summer, had a lot to do with the abundant harvest. “We usually see baby scallops in April, and we didn’t see much then. A lot of what we’re catching must have been a late spawn. Mother Nature came in and did her thing.”

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