Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bay scallop season is starting Monday in Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties. On July 10, it gets even closer to Polk, when the ...

The annual Peconic Bay scallop die-offs that have rippled across the East End since 2019 took place again in 2023, scientists said this week, but there’s hope on the horizon from a recent upsurge in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An “unprecedented resurgence” in bay scallops in Virginia could soon open the door for recreational fishing of the species, said ...

Warming waters tied to increasing summer heat waves have led to a reduction of dissolved oxygen in the Peconic Bay and other estuaries, with catastrophic effects for the bay scallop, a new paper ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Almost every year since 1996, about 200 volunteers jump into Tampa Bay to snorkel around and look for bay scallops. They are not there to harvest them though, they are there to ...

Get your masks, snorkels and fins ready as the 2025 recreational scalloping season is underway. The season started Thursday and will run until Aug. 18, giving scallopers a chance to harvest the ...

Three weeks ago I joked that deer hunting doesn’t save me much money on my grocery bills by replacing venison with store-bought beef. Well, Florida’s bay scallops aren’t exactly a penny earned, either ...

Florida’s tiered scallop season has begun, with Gulf-front counties allowing the underwater hunt to begin depending on the health of the estuaries. It began June 15 in the northern Steinhatchee area, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's like Christmas in July for scalloping enthusiasts as additional counties open for scallop season along Florida's Gulf Coast this weekend. Meteorologist Lauren Rautenkranz has ...