Jeff Vickers was pulling buckets and buckets of scallops out of the gulf with customers who had chartered his boat during this year’s summer season.
“This year was the best scallop season I’ve ever seen out here, personally,” Vickers said.
But that kind of success snorkeling for scallops along the coast could ebb soon — with Hurricane Debby possibly taking some of the blame.
When a major temperature change occurs in a scallop’s habitat, that’s a signal for them to start spawning. The reproductive process often leaves them weak and brittle, and they typically die soon after, said
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