Harvesting THOUSANDS of Dollars of Scallops (Commercial Bay Scallop Fishing)

Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard Bay Scallops can be found online for as high as $62 a pound. You can find Bay Scallops at the grocery store for as cheap as $7.99 a pound. What's the difference and is it actually worth it to spend the extra money?
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[@Tackle2thePeople]

Is it pronounced scal-up or scawl-up?

[@user-nf1sb8ok4m]

@@Tackle2thePeople scal-up

[@spaceburger80]

I duck pronouncing it first and let someone else stick their neck out 😉

[@zombifiedtb8455]

scal-up, love these videos they are sick!

[@Caydzen]

Scal-up because it’s gall-up not goll-up

[@arneanka74]

Isn’t one of the main problems with dredging that it destroys the vegetation? Where I live, the sea floors are empty bar crustaceans who thrives. All the big fish is gone (due to trawling) but bottom trawling makes sure there’s no vegetation to begin with.

[@skikid00]

Yes. He will not cover this issue.

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

@@arneanka74 100% Correct

[@DaRealPhillyJawn]

​@skikid00 he did, he said that the smaller dredge doesn't hurt like the giant dredge operations.

[@GooberBlooper]

​@@DaRealPhillyJawn What's the likelihood that is true?

[@itsRetroRocket]

This is marthas vineyard lmao not your stripped mined country that cant keep out the chinese trawler fleets

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

Dredging tears up the eel grass beds, the very place the scallops depend on for protection from predators

[@skikid00]

Exactly. That's one thing they will not admit.

[@DaRealPhillyJawn]

Except these dredges are small and do little damage. You're talking about large commercial dredging operators.

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

@@DaRealPhillyJawn did you see all the mounds of eel grass that came out of the dredges? They dump it back and it gets carried away with the tides and dies. Dredging does tremendous damage, even if it's on a lesser scale than huge commercial vessels

[@bobbyhill1013]

Clueless

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

@@bobbyhill1013 Have you ever been a commercial fisherman? Yeah, I didn't think so

[@fadedchannel]

I don't think I've ever had fresh scallops before. I know for a fact I've had bad ones because they smell and taste like ammonia. Love the channel. Wish I was in Boston with you guys!

[@Donovan4701]

"And sure enough!" 🎣

[@PAYDAY505]

no sure enough for this video

[@Tackle2thePeople]

next short i put out I gotchu

[@Donovan4701]

@@Tackle2thePeople thank so much!

[@SebisMegrdichian]

@@Tackle2thePeopleday -0 of saying “and sure enough🎣” can I get 2 shorts from now

[@millennialcarpenter1784]

Keep your eyes out for dead chefs 😂

[@mylonkleven454]

My New Years resolution is to eat more fresh fish inspired by watching this channel so thank you ..All the very best for 2025 ..✌🏼❤️from Liverpool UK

[@qswdefrtg]

Horrible comparison test, everyone had a clear bias against the store scallops because they knew ahead of time. I'm sure the store ones suck but I'd do a legit blind taste test

[@LouisTheSaiyan-v6i]

Thx for shiring this, cus me and my family always eat these for new years❤.love the fishing content ❤

[@philarevalo4039]

Just want to say that your videos have inspired me to seek out fresh local seafood here in Connecticut! Thanks for highlighting the amazing bounty we have in the northeast and the hard-working folks who make it all happen.

[@Tackle2thePeople]

You won't be disappointed! Local >>> Imported seafood in nearly all cases. Weirdly enough there are some instances in which imported is better, but it is very specific to the species and how they are handled. 9.5/10 you'll get a better experience with seafood if you buy local and buy as close to direct as you can from fishermen

[@timmccarthy3744]

Great video Mike, I thought this video was very educational about dredging for commercial bay scallops in Martha Vineyard I thought this was very educational and learned something new about commercial bay scallops from boat and everything that goes behind it. Very cool video after all.

[@philc8360]

I love scallops. We dive for them in the Gulf of Mexico and eat them immediately. I agree the ones at the store are garbage, but I never knew why! Thanks for that!

[@user-nf1sb8ok4m]

My days better when you post❤

[@Tackle2thePeople]

I'm so glad!

[@primoojo6216]

Really great content man, love how your commentary is actually informative as to what’s going on. Very cool to meet and learn about these peoples jobs and lives. I’ll sub for more good vids

[@Scales253]

Your videos are so good I have no care in the world for scallops but the video was so good still watched all the way through!

[@Burtonsclips]

Hs vids are very inspiring to check out new foods

[@Tackle2thePeople]

let me know what new foods you try!

[@PAYDAY505]

new full length video!

[@cuber_nova]

Love your channel - I've watched all your new vids, just waiting on the new releases🤣

[@Tackle2thePeople]

thanks for being caught up! I will hurry up and put out the next one lol

[@Burtonsclips]

His vids are very inspiring to check out new foods

[@AC-bb1bb]

Another great video love the sweater🙌🙌

[@cherylmarshall840]

This is why you save the juice of the scollup if your going to keep them for your own use

[@goodcitizen64]

Thanks for the informative and knowledgeable content! God bless y'all

[@jtlobster1234]

Have you done a video on lobstering yet? If not I'd be very happy to take you out on my vessel for a day! I'm a lobsterman in Gloucester.

[@19129j]

Scallop snobs. Lol

[@fabianpineda3130]

excellent channel and content. only bad thing is that ive seen all your videos!

[@kennethdavis5077]

The best scallops are Diver scallops , gathered by scuba divers . They are also huge .

[@Julian-zz4ms]

“And sure enough”. 🎣🐟

[@EXCUNREALX1]

And sure enough🎣

[@Error_404_Account_Deleted]

Look for Chief Brody and Hooper over on the island

[@Tackle2thePeople]

will do 🤙

[@ottoosmers9273]

Alot of the bay scallops at the grocery store are farmed over seas.

[@Clydeyboo]

I caught a massive Gufish today offer 80cm

[@spaceburger80]

Legos 😂 👌 🔥

[@Tackle2thePeople]

Sam knows what legos taste like

[@Kaizerc87]

just had some boston bluefish on a cruise and instantly thought about your channel😂

[@Tackle2thePeople]

hope you enjoyed it! was it bluefish, or was it pollock? around here boston bluefish = atlantic pollock

[@Kaizerc87]

@ never had bluefish bc i’m not from a coast state, so i’m not sure but now that you say it could’ve been pollock i think it is

[@fancykarlmarx]

I’ve read that some scallops are actually chunks of cheap white fish being sold as scallops.

[@chris6054]

Keep believing everything you read.

[@fancykarlmarx]

@@chris6054keep not reading.

[@chris6054]

@fancykarlmarx Yeah, I read plenty. I just have enough cognitive thinking that I don't immediately believe every single thing that pops up on my screen. The old wives tale btw, is that scallops are just circular cut stingray meat. But, how dumb do people have to be? Go out and get a fresh scallop yourself, Florida for instance has TONS OF SCALLOPS, and I guarantee once you see a raw, fresh scallop that you shucked yourself, you'll realize why I'm telling you it's a MYTH that fish/stingray is sold as scallops lmfao. Would you fall for it if someone tried to sell you a pork chop as a ribeye steak? Its really like some of these people have never seen a raw protein, to think FISH could pass off as a scallop. Do scallops get flaky as they cook like fish does? NO. Does fish even look the same as scallop? Again NO lol.

[@buddymartin3609]

Skate punched with a die according to a guy i knew from Gloucester.

[@fireball7677]

You somehow make everything seem interesting if you were my teacher I might start paying attention

[@nikoniko3483]

For science you'll have to redo it with a blind taste test

[@Mollert28]

Awesome video!

[@spaceburger80]

Tell Cap’n Cam to get out to Fippennies or Georges and catch some caah doors! 🚪

[@michaelliebow735]

So 99% of the bay scallops you see in stores is a previously frozen/treated product that is often a farmed product as well. Sea scallops are more often fresh but that is not a guarantee.

[@DaRealPhillyJawn]

You buy dry packed or diver scallops these are most likely local and fresh, that's all I buy, it costs more but you're also buying local.

[@Noahfishes]

Exited to meet you at the fishing show in providence this year

[@JA-hn3to]

Some people have never had fresh seafood so they do not have anything to compare to.

[@Robert...Schrey]

5:22 good ! (price point? fare and service included, and a nice drink to go with it.)

[@vickymadamsa8103]

🍋🥬Look​ yummy​😊🍄

[@murphygay7606]

with dredging especially on a smaller scale like this the thing im worried about isn't the bycatch that can be released on a small or big scale, its the fact that dredging disturbs the seafloor and destroys structures on the bottom, can u confirm or deny if this is the case for small scale things...bc im pretty sure its a srs concern for the large scale dredge operations

[@tsokhmer7168]

Hell yea im right here in mass

[@ThomasC0951]

Great video

[@davidchrisman855]

I like scallops, especially well prepared Sea-Scallops but after watching your video, I’m assuming I may not have had the very best? Although, paid hefty at the nice restaurants in Chicago and NYC, so, possibly they were better. ?? I wish I could try fresh Bay Scollops! My wife does want us to visit Boston within a year or two so I’ll make it a point to find fresh caught scallops and also fresh crab and lobster as well.

[@robertgoslin511]

You guys have to come to south jersey

[@Noob-Toast]

Please do a fishing trip to the Yukon

[@dontfusscallruss7767]

My man offer you a Martha's Vineyard scallop and you took it and said sand is still on it

[@CaptainRew]

But how was the sea scallop?

[@EarthwithAdam]

I think the bycatch of eelgrass posses more environmental risk than the fish. But overall still way better than imported from asia seafood. Good video now I want to go and get some fresh scallops from the puget sound.

[@spacesharks4010]

and sure enough!

[@ethanschiff2583]

My roommates in this video

[@mrfish49el]

Can he ship live scallops? Would love to have some for the restaurant

[@wasp586]

No damage?? These 'weeds' used to be ecosystems on the seafloor in which marine organisms can spawn and hide. Aquatic plants cleaning the water and providing oxygen ... Scallop fishermen are basically dinosaurs when you know how efficient and clean you can culture different species of scallops.

[@danielkim1634]

Could you use the guts as bait?

[@patrickwynkoop9442]

I wish I could order it down here in Florida cuz you guys are so far away maybe dry ice and you can ship it?

[@222ebones]

Menemsha Fish market ships stuff on dry ice

[@darrelq1806]

Bro has eaten legos 😰

[@joe9743]

smaller mesh = more bycatch Is bycatch really that bad in the scope of things though? Those nets are TINY even using 6 of them Theres other industries that do way way more irreparable damage to the ocean at zero benefit to the avg person

[@forthekingdome]

Bro I wish I could have come to the market

[@feesh2201]

Me too and I live nearby the shop too

[@Tackle2thePeople]

text "FISH" to the number! we sell pretty much every Saturday

[@alienandro]

Just some advice, if u cooked the scallop you sear it first like its crispy in the one side and oven it/microwave for 1-2 minutes at low temperatures , thats gonna more soft and tender not rubbery because you take a long time to tear it

[@westtide]

Nothing in the world tastes better than a raw bay scallop. Cooking it ruins that ocean sweet flavor

[@Greatplainsangling14]

I missed the upload😢

[@truthisthevictory9278]

Save the scallops! poor scallop

[@Datnoids]

wassuo boi

[@FezCaliph]

Bae scallop

[@joe9743]

Bro you really need to bring up offshore wind. Thats whats going to wipe out a ton of guys

[@Ucbycatlocalclimate]

🐟🐟🐟🦐🐟🦑🐙🐙🦑🦐

[@wotever]

This entire video is such a fail. Dredging is bad for the ecosystem. You can see the eel grass being pulled in with the scallops. Also the bias in that taste test was so obvious. I get that you partnered with the folks in the video and you want to support them, but there's a way to do that without pretending that the store bought scallops were inedible. Also, you claim that you've never bought scallops from a grocery store and cooked them yourself. This is quickly followed by your wife saying that she thinks you cooked them longer than you usually do. So you either only buy scallops fresh off the boat, or you're lying about never having bought scallops at the grocery store. Both of these are so incredibly unlikely.

[@wellsjdan]

Invest in a wireless microphone

[@HuanSoFancy]

13 seconds ago is ravishing

[@ThePatsMike27]

you def cooked the first ones to high and to long

[@usa3526]

I think everyone should learn how to fend for themselves. Ohh boy would there be a culling of the week armchair warriors

[@Eliandtheoutdoors]

Second😢 and hope you have a great day dude

[@WeerdBeard]

Great Video, but once you've had sea scallops, bay scallops are trash.

[@colinfloyd2385]

Nope. Completely the opposite

[@WeerdBeard]

@@colinfloyd2385 Have you had them both fresh out of the shell?

[@colinfloyd2385]

Yes sir. I live on the vineyard and definitely prefer the bay scallops over sea scallops. Maybe I’m partial(I eat a bunch while shucking raw they are amazing when still twitching)

[@WeerdBeard]

@colinfloyd2385 sea scallops are good raw too...tho VERY INTESE, so I will concede bay scallops raw are in fact better.

[@lilgook6965]

Disgusting behaviour destroying the ecosystem. As if you're promoting this. Thought better of you

[@lilbigfat09]

Please educate me to how this is destroying the ecosystem?

[@wasp586]

@@lilbigfat09 weeds=ecosystem

[@flatsfishingonline]

boring

[@lilbigfat09]

It's actually quite entertaining

[@JamesGomes-ex6wu]

Video sucks. Fresh bay scallops are better than farmed imports, duh. But a food review from the people who eat bat wings is just so stupid.

[@lilbigfat09]

People who think like you are what's wrong with this world 😂

[@JamesGomes-ex6wu]

You are certainly vaccinated. Thanks for your dog shit reply.