Scallop season continues despite closure MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — Scallop season remains in full swing until the end of March for much of the waters of Maine. Despite a recent area closure affecting the Casco Passage and western Toothacher Bay in Swan’s Island, imposed by Department of Resources, both draggers and divers from Mount Desert Island have caught a fair share. In 2019, scallopers harvested 3.5 million pounds of scallops statewide bringing in more than $4.3 million. Diver Ed Monat of Bar Harbor has been swimming along the freezing cold ocean floor to harvest scallops. “There’s been a moratorium on scallop licenses for so long, and there are not a whole lot of divers scalloping,” he said.