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This year the season opened three days early. While a boat will provide you with

the most access to scalloping areas, there are places you can walk to from shore. At the

very minimum, you will need a mask or goggles, a recreational fishing license (unless you

are exempt), something to hold your scallop catch in such as a mesh bag, and something to

make sure you don't go over your limit, which is 2 gallons of whole scallops in the shell, or

one pint meat per person.

Have a boat? The maximum vessel limit is 10 gallons of whole scallops in the shell

or ½ gallon of meat. The daily per-person bag limit still applies but, for example, if you have

more than five people aboard (each being able to take 2 gallons whole), you still cannot have

more than 10 gallons total. Bag limits help ensure the scallop population remains sustain-

A divers-down flag is also required when scalloping from a boat to ensure other

boaters are aware that there are people in the water. Stay safe this season and remember to

use your divers-down flag. To learn more about these requirements, visit MyFWC.com/

Boating and click on "Boating Regulations" and "Divers-Down Flag."

Once onshore, cleaning scallops is a cinch. Use an old spoon or knife (just be

careful) to pry the shells slightly apart and then run the spoon along the inside of one of the

shells, which will separate the meat from the shell. Once open, you will see the white scal-

lop meat in the middle, surrounded by the darker guts. Run the spoon around the edge of the Steve Mello of Inglis is picking up some scallop supplies at Captains Cove in Inglis on Hwy

guts and then pull it up and off, leaving only the scallop meat attached to the shell. Finally, 40W. They have most of the the scallop supplies like dive flags ,scallop knives ,mask and fins

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use the spoon to separate the meat from the shell. This is just one way to do it (another fan and plenty of ice.

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