scalloper

Bivalve boat worker

A scalloper is a person or vessel engaged in harvesting scallops, the fan-shaped bivalve mollusks prized as seafood.

Commercial scallopers work from boats equipped with dredges or diving gear, while recreational scallopers often wade in shallow waters during designated seasons.

The scallopers headed out before dawn to work the beds off Cape Cod.

In coastal communities, scalloping remains both a livelihood and a cultural tradition.

shellfish

bivalve

Two-shelled mollusk

  • molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
  • shellHard outer covering
  • valveFluid flow controller

adductor · roe · mantle · muscle · shucking · opening · meat · fresh · live · wild-caught

harvesting

dredging

Extracting underwater sediment

  • divingEntering water deliberately
  • trawlingNet-dragging fishing method
  • dragResistance through fluid

tow · quota · season · catch · haul · limit · regulations · sustainability · overfishing · bycatch

vessel

dory

Small flat-bottomed fishing boat

  • skiffSmall, light rowing boat
  • trawlerNet-dragging fishing boat
  • draggerVessel pulling submerged nets

outrigger · tender · workboat · gillnetter · longliner · seiner · shrimper · crabber · smack · hull

waters

Atlantic

Ocean bordering Europe

Alaska · Scotland · Hokkaido · Brittany · seabed · estuary · bay · gulf · grounds · beds

occupation

fisherman

One who catches aquatic creatures

captain · crew · mate · harvester · diver · oysterman · clammer · waterman · processor · dealer

Categories
Opposites
type of shellfish harvester

scalloperlobsterman

One who catches lobsters

oysterman · crabber · shrimper · clammer · trawler

relationship to marine resources

scallopermarine biologist

Studies sea life professionally

wildlife officer

Phrases
Family

scallop, scallops, scalloped, scalloping

Familiarity
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Profile
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