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Calico scallops, taken during exploratory fishing off Florida's east coast,spill out of dredge

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Description

Calico scallops, taken during exploratory fishing off Florida's east coast,spill out of dredge. Successful explorations that locate untapped fisheryresources often lead to commercial harvesting.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 111 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Photographer

Artwork by Bob Hines

Location

Florida, offshore east coast

Collection

Historic Fisheries

NOAA Affiliation

BCF