January 29, 2025 — The word of the day for scallops at the 2025 Global Seafood Market Conference (GSMC) was “optionality.”
A panel of experts at the conference – which ran from 21 to 23 January in Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. – said the scallop industry in the U.S. will be heavily influenced by a small quota for scallops in the U.S. Northeast fishery. The New England Fishery Management Council projected landings of 19.75 million pounds for the year, a nearly 28 percent drop from an already down year in 2024.