 |  | | | Scallops | 14 Jan 2008 | | |
Fishing for scallops in Scotland
The introduction of quotas for white fish means that the demand for shellfish has never been higher, and fresh Scottish scallops are now on the menus of many top restaurants. But there is currently a debate about whether the most common form of scallop fishing - dredging -is actually destroying the sea bed. Mary Galloway and Shonna Galloway, from Dunoon in Argyl, have been hand-diving for scallops since they trained as divers ten years ago. It is a much slower method of fishing than dredging, but demand in the area from restaurants and hotels for locally sourced products has turned what started as a hobby, into a lucrative business. Angela Robson joined them as they prepared for a dive in Loch Fyne.
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