In order to enhance wild bay scallop population, the County of
Barnstable and the Aquaculture Program are involved in a partnership to
spawn wild broodstock and release offspring into local waters.
This project involves conditioning and spawning multiple batches
of broodstock throughout the year. The ehancement effort will be
assessed in the near future using conventional sampling techniques and
molecular characterization. The ongoing status of the project will be
updated on this webpage.