MOUNT DESERT — March 28, 2012 – It is not normal for nearly 20 scallop draggers to be moored off the public boat ramp at Bartlett’s Landings on the west side of Mount Desert Island.
Nor is it normal for Maine Marine Patrol officers to find so many fishermen violating scallop regulations at one particular site.
But the law enforcement arm of the state Department of Marine Resources has issued roughly a dozen citations this winter to fishermen who have been dragging for scallops at a site on the other side of Bartlett Island, according to marine patrol Lt. Dale Sprowl. He said recently that as many as 30-40 scallop boats from all over the state have been in the area.
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