Man On A Boat Releasing Scallops That Are In A Bucket Of Water

2015 Scallop Release

January 17th, 2015 — SBW volunteers and Mote Marine Lab scientists released 2 million scallop larvae into Sarasota Bay. This begins our third scallop restoration season working with the Bay Shellfish Company and Mote. We have collected adult scallops to use as breeding stock, and are now growing our first 3 batches of baby scallops. Two of the spawns will be grown to juvenile stage (about 15 mm with shells), while the third will be used to release 10 day old larva (without shells and still free swimming in the water column) into Sarasota Bay. Multiple approaches and multiple releases at various dates helps increase the chance of survival and success in restoring scallops to Sarasota Bay.

Scallop release