Our beloved scallop, the biggest and best in the world, is right off our coast, waiting to make our lives better.
The scallop — or placopecten magellanicus — keeps New Bedford the most profitable fishing port in the United States. Those riches wash all over southeastern Massachusetts.
“The scallop industry has been good for six-odd years,” said Jeff Bolton, the vice president of sales and marketing for Atlantic Cape Fisheries, which operates a packing and shipping plant at 140 Waldron Road.
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