Scallop ‘down cycle’ nears end, rebound expected soon

Posted on June 21, 2019

While it may still be too early to tell how the 2019 scallop season will turn out, Florida’s top scallop expert believes the Big Bend area is nearing the end of a normal “down” portion of a regular abundance cycle.

Dr. Steve Geiger, a research biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) section of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), has worked for the state since 1988, in the Molluscan Fisheries group since 2001 and led that group since 2009.

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