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in deep waters indicate that migrations of the sea scallops are more extensive 

 than those of bay scallops. 



THE CALICO SCALLOP 



A small scallop frequently caught by fishing trawlers in depths over ten 

 fathoms in the vicinity of Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras resembles the 

 bay scallop, except for the bright coloration of the shell in the former. 

 The distribution of the small calico scallop (Pecten gibbus) is from North 

 Carolina to Florida. The calico scallop is about two inches in diameter and 

 the meats are reported to compare favorably with those of the bay scallop. 

 It is possible that calico scallops could be marketed as bay scallops if they 

 are present in the offshore waters in commercial quantities. The trawler, 

 "Penny," on a survey cruise for the Institute of Fisheries Research, April, 

 1949, located an abundance of these scallops in ten fathoms of water off 

 New River Inlet. However, the small size of the calico scallop, even if 

 present in commercial quantities, may not make it feasible to shuck the 

 scallops for market. It is recommended that further investigations be con- 

 . ducted to determine the abundance and distribution of the calico scallop in 

 North Carolina waters and that some preliminary determinations be made 

 of the amount of meats yielded per bushel of scallops. 



THE SOFT-SHELL CLAM 



My a arenaria (Linnaeus) 



INTRODUCTION 



The soft-shell clam is commonly known as the "mananose" ("maninose," 

 "nanynose") in North Carolina. In other places it is known as the "long 

 neck," long clam, or soft clam. These clams are not harvested in commercial 

 quantity in North Carolina and many of the fishermen, clammers, and oyster- 

 men are unaware of their presence. In the numerous tributaries of Pamlico 

 Sound, at Swanquarter Narrows, Rose Bay, Bay River, Pingleton Shoal, 

 and Beaufort Inlet, shells of soft clams have been dredged up during the 

 summer and fall of 1948. A large bed of these clams was known to exist south 

 of Hatteras Inlet, on the shoals in Pamlico Sound, before the hurricane of 

 1933, which destroyed this bed. 



The distribution of Mya is principally along the Atlantic coast from 

 South Carolina to Canada (Dall, 1889). Belding (1930) states that Mya 

 is scarce south of Cape Hatteras. Soft clams are found in greatest abundance 

 along the New England coast. New York, and New Jersey, and have become 

 established, after introduction, on our Pacific coast and the coastal areas 

 of England. The industry has been confined to the northern states frpm 

 New Jersey to Maine, with Massachusetts as the leading producer and 



