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It’s no April Fools’ joke: 2019-2020 US scallop season kicks off in New Bedford

Prices were high in the final weeks before the beginning of the new season

By Jason Huffman | April 1, 2019 17:59 BST
Largest scallops in short supply; US preference likely to shift down a size
Homers Wharf, port of New Bedford. Photo: Mike Estabrook
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Ed Anthes-Washburn answered his cellphone on his way to work at the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts -- the US's most valuable commercial port -- on Monday morning by telling Undercurrent News that the 2019-2020 Atlantic scallop season is canceled [...]

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