One of the world's most delectable seafood delicacies is scallops, and the biggest and best of these shellfish come from Alaska.
Each July a fleet of just three to four boats fish for weathervane scallops in waters ranging from Yakutat to the Bering Sea, with most of the catch coming from around Kodiak.
Weathervanes are the largest scallops in the world, with a shell diameter averaging 10 inches.
Scallop boats drop big dredges that make tows along mostly sandy bottoms of strictly defined fishing areas. The fishery is closely monitored by onboard observers, at a cost to the boats of up to $400 a day.
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