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Mussel farm sees potential in scallops
Tony Gott strings scallops on a line with Acadia Aqua Farms’ new ear-hanging machine. The farm in Frenchman Bay is one of the few farms in the U.S. that is testing the Japanese method of growing scallops.
ISLANDER PHOTO BY ETHAN GENTER
BAR HARBOR In mid-May, Alex de Koning climbed down into the hold of the Stewardship, the former military landing craft that he and his family have used for years to help grow mussels in Frenchman Bay, and sat at what looked like a giant sewing machine.
He grabbed a pair of scallops that had just been pulled out of the farm’s nets, lined up the small notches near the bivalves’ hinge and stepped on a foot pedal.