Sea scallop dredge coming aboard with about 15 bushels, not all scallops, in the bag.

Gross anatomy of a sea scallop. The other scallops are much the same.

With one swift motion the fisherman severs the muscle from one valve, spears the rest of the soft parts, and breaks the hinge. The next step is to throw the shell and waste overboard.

Culling the catch of a sea scallop dredge haul.

The sea scallop fishing vessel STANLEY M. FISHER.

A scallop dredge being emptied on the BCF ship ALBATROSS IV. Odometer (top center) on dredge

Collecting scallops from the dredge haul on the ALBATROSS IV.

Dumping catch of a sea scallop dredge on deck of ALBATROSS IV

Clean up after culling through a haul from a sea scallop dredge on the BCF ship ALBATROSS IV.

Handling sea scallop dredge aboard BCF ship ALBATROSS IV

Cullingl live sea scallops out of dredge haul catch on board BCF ship . ALBATROSS IV

Sorting scallops aboard ALBATROSS IV

Replacing worn links in sea scallop dredge on board BCF ship ALBATROSS IV

Dumping catch of sea scallop dredge on deck on BCF ship ALBATROSS IV

Two of four bushels of sea scallops taken during 10-minute haul on board BCF ship ALBATROSS IV.

A New Bedford scallop boat underway.

Scallop dredge with calico scallop catch coming aboard BCF exploratory fishing vessel SILVER BAY

One man scallop and clam-dredging operation

Throwing over the dredge on a one-man scallop and clamming operation

Setting the dredge on a one-man scallop and clamming operation

One-man scallop and clamming operation

Sorting out live clams and scallops

A 20-bushel catch of calico scallops on the deck of a North Carolina scallop boat.

Shucking scallops

Large weathervain scallops (Patinopecten caurinus) taken in the Gulf of Alaska by the M/V JOHN R. MANNING.

Shucking medium-sized weathervain scallops (Patinopecten caurinus) taken in the Gulf of Alaska by the M/V JOHN R. MANNING. Note the large size of the "eye" or muscle of the scallops in the can.

Scallop dredge

Scallop dredge

A one-man-power operation - hauling dredge on deck during scallop and clamming dredge fishing.

Sorting out live scallops and clams from dredge haul

Collecting data on lenght frequency of sea scallops on BCF ship ALBATROSS IV.

Measuring sea scallops aboard ALBATROSS IV

Collecting length frequency statistics of sea scallops aboard BCF ship ALBATROSS IV

Collecting length frequency statistics of sea scallops aboard BCF ship ALBATROSS IV

Collecting length frequency statistics of sea scallops aboard BCF ship ALBATROSS IV

Scup

Taking a blood sample from a scup

Taking a blood sample from a scup, serology studies

The southern scup (Stenotomus gardeni )

Measuring and tagging scup on a "live car"

The southern scup (Stenotomus gardeni )

Scup porgy

Yellow sculpin (Hemilepidotus jordani)

Black sculpin (Myoxocephalus niger)

Red sculpin (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Sculpin egg predation project. Brickell, Coats, and McLarney with gravel grader for sculpin predation project.

Sea-cucumber, sea-urchin, sand dollar, starfish, and two jellyfish shown in artwork.

Seahorses

Artist's conception of SEALAB III with mother ship above

Sea lion pups