. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 12 Field party chief Costello said that Florida landings of calico scallops in 1969 amounted to 160,300 pounds of shucked meats. He warned, however, that the shellfish were not yet available for home consumption. "Most of the catch is now sold directly to restaurant corporations. Later--when the fishery emerges from its present experimental stage--supplies will probably be abundant enough for at least limited distribution to food markets," Much Work at Bed Sites TABLmarine scientists seek a better bio- logical understanding of the
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 12 Field party chief Costello said that Florida landings of calico scallops in 1969 amounted to 160,300 pounds of shucked meats. He warned, however, that the shellfish were not yet available for home consumption. "Most of the catch is now sold directly to restaurant corporations. Later--when the fishery emerges from its present experimental stage--supplies will probably be abundant enough for at least limited distribution to food markets," Much Work at Bed Sites TABLmarine scientists seek a better bio- logical understanding of the life history of the bottom-dwelling mollusc. As a new fishery develops, it becomes increasingly important to know everything possible about growth and reproduction cycles, stock sizes, longevity, diseases to which the animal may fall prey, effects of fishing on the stocks, and the ma- rine environment in which a species lives. Much of the scientific work involving calico scallops is done at the site of the beds. Spec - imens are marked, returned to their habitat, and retrieved later to ascertain just how far they may move in a given period; "spat" (in- fant stages) are planted in certain locations so survival and growth rates can be defined; specimens are examined periodically for evidence of damage by disease or predators; population rates are closely and frequently monitored; and oceanographic conditions are studied and charted. Controlled Lab Experiments In controlled experiments at TABL, thou- sands of calico-scallop eggs have been reared from moment of fertilization through several larval stages. These successful rearings are important to fishery biologists, who rely on written descriptions of the physical charac- teristics of myriad numbers of marine orga- nisms, many of which change drastically as they pass from larval into adult stages. Be- cause larval calico scallops have never before been described in the scientific literature, a marine biologist who found
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