Seafood
Scallops, Bay Hotate
Since native U.S. Bay Scallops suffer from depletion, most Bay Scallops come from coastal aquaculture farms in China. There, growers reportedly produce all their scallops via suspension culture, with relatively low impact to the environment. Be aware that some Calico Scallops may be labeled as Bay Scallops (Calicos are severely depleted and taken with habitat-damaging dredges).
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Scallops, Icelandic
The aggregative and sedentary behaviors of Icelandic Scallops make their populations particularly vulnerable to fishing pressure. Despite fishery closures in some areas and other management efforts, populations of Icelandic Scallops are declining in the waters of all countries that fish for them commercially, including Canada and Iceland. Icelandic Scallops are caught with dredges, which damage the seafloor, especially the hard-bottom habitats where the scallops live.
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Wild Sea Scallops were once overfished but have since recovered. With fishing pressure still high, recent management measures are controversial. Bottom dredges and trawls used to catch Sea Scallops inadvertently damage habitat, and there is unintended catch of endangered sea turtles and Atlantic Cod, Monkfish, flounders, and skates.
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