An MIT scientist has developed a new dredge for catching scallops that is more environmentally friendly than the standard devices used in the industry. He is the first to admit that current dredges do ...

Perhaps more importantly, Weeks said the vessel was not moving fast enough to tow a scallop dredge, which requires a speed of 4 to 5 knots, during the night. He said the boat stopped fishing sometime ...

CAPE MAY - An electronic tracking system the government uses to enforce fishing regulations is providing new clues on the last hours of the scallop boat Lady Mary. The vessel that sank about 70 miles ...

FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — Herman Bruce watches sparks fly from the rudder of his scallop-fishing boat as a welder in the bustling Fairhaven Shipyard finishes extensive repairs. The bill for the job will be ...

A unique new fishing boat joins the fleet in New Bedford. The scalloper Viking Power is now docked at Fish Island. The different shape of the orange boat is what most people probably notice first. “It ...

Recent surveys by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, reveal an unprecedented number of young scallops in two fishery management areas off the ...

Explosive disposal specialists were sent to New Bedford Thursday morning after a scallop boat found a potentially explosive weapon and brought it to shore in the Massachusetts port city.Scallops are ...