124 THE SCALLOP FISHERY 



If such a restocking can be accomplished by nature, it can be done 

 with more certain effect with man's assistance. 



Restocking Barren Areas. - - The practicability of restocking barren 

 or depopulated areas is illustrated by the following: As few natural 

 scallops were found in the Powder Hole, Monomoy Point, in 1906, and 

 as it was desired to have the place well stocked for experimental work 

 in 1907, 50 bushels of small scallops about the size of a quarter of a 

 dollar were transplanted from the Common Flats at Inward Point in 

 November, 1906. The result was an enormous set from these " spawn- 

 ers " in 1907, and the sandy bottom along the shores of the Powder Hole 

 during the fall of 1907 and the summer of 1908 was thickly covered 

 with the numerous 1907 set. The fishermen, who had been at Monomoy 

 for years, remarked that it was the largest set that had ever been seen 

 in the Powder Hole. It can be fairly asserted that the remarkable 

 abundance was due to the bringing in of the spawners, and that this 

 case is a striking illustration of the proper methods of assisting nature 

 in increasing the scallop supply in any particular locality. 



Our present town laws stand as obstacles to any restocking, as no 

 town will give up the slightest part of its " seed " scallops to another 

 town, thus making any practical tests impossible. Time will smooth 

 away these difficulties, and the welfare of the community as a whole will 

 be placed before the petty rivalry of towns. 



Improving the Fishery. - - The second means of improving the indus- 

 try is to increase the efficiency of the fishery as regards methods, mar- 

 keting, utilization of waste, etc. Perhaps the most important means of 

 developing the fishery is to keep the fishermen well informed as to what 

 is going on in other scalloping districts, what opportunities are being 

 opened for the marketing of shellfish, how the waste products can be 

 utilized, and how the fishery can be preserved. This report contains 

 practically all obtainable information upon the scallop and the industry 

 in Massachusetts at the present time. While the main facts set forth 

 in the preceding pages about the life and habits of the scallop will 

 remain the same, the condition of the industry will change, and in the 

 future the descriptions of methods, implements, marketing, etc., will be 

 of little practical value except from an historical standpoint. It is 

 sincerely hoped that this report will attain its main object, i.e., the 

 presentation of the life history of the scallop and the needs of the 

 industry in such a light to the fisherman that he will realize the great 

 necessity of the preservation of the " seed " scallop for the maintenance 

 of the fishery. At regular intervals, for instance every five years, small 

 pamphlets containing up-to-date information concerning methods of 

 developing the fishery, as regards implements, marketing, utilization of 

 waste, etc., should be distributed among the scallopers. 



Besides the utilization of the waste parts, the uses of which at the 

 present time have been enumerated under the food value of the scallop, 



