Scallop Seed Avoidance Program
Come help design how a scallop avoidance area will operate! If you're interested in receiving Scallop RSA, you must pre-register for one of four workshops.
Designing and Testing Dynamic Co-management to Protect Scallop Seed and Maximize Yield
This FY26-27 scallop RSA project will work across the scallop fleet to co-design a process and tools to let captains voluntarily avoid areas with lots of seed, giving them a chance to grow into more valuable catch. During FY27 the proof of concept will be tested with a pilot.
Call Caity (774-316-0417) or Kaity (774-305-1093) with questions!
This project is supported by a scallop RSA award to the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance under Cooperative Agreement Award NA26NMFX063G0002-T1-01 from NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA Fisheries is responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat. This information has not been formally disseminated by NOAA, and do not represent any agency determination, view, or policy.
Project Steering Committee
Kyle Grant, FV Grace
Brady Lybarger, FV Salted
Wes Brighton, FV Martha Rose
Beau Gribbin, FV Kahuna
Eric Hansen, FV Endeavor , NEFMC member
Josiah Couture, FV Shirley Kate
Hudson Frye, FV Resilience
Dave Bethoney, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Kevin Stokesbury, UMass Dartmouth, SMAST
Emily Keiley, GARFO
Connor Buckley, NEFMC
Jui-Han Chang, NEFSC
Project Staff
Caitlin Townsend, PI – 774-316-0417
Mel Sanderson, PI
Kaity Quinn, Industry Liaison – 774-305-1093
Steve Martell, Sea State, Inc.
Merrill Rudd, Sea State, Inc.
Eric Torgerson, Sea State, Inc.