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Figure 1. — Areas where commercial concentrations of calico scallops have been located by ex- 

 ploratory fishing vessels. 



Because of their shape and small size, calico 

 scallops cannot be hand-shucked economically, 

 and a method was needed for mechanical shuck- 

 ing and evisceration. Lack of such equipment 

 was a major factor inhibiting the development 

 of a calico scallop fishery. 



Numerous individuals, representing wide 

 geographical areas of the United States, be- 



came interested in mechanical processing of 

 scallops, which led to production trials for test 

 purposes in Florida and North Carolina. The 

 only successful fishery lasting for an extended 

 period occurred in North Carolina. As shown 

 below, this fishery used hand-shucking which 

 was economical because of unusual circum- 

 stances. The many different and complicated 



