learn more about the U.S. Atlantic Sea Scallop
Naturally distributed in the Northeast Atlantic from Maine to Virginia, the Atlantic Sea Scallop lives on the ocean bottom and is a delicious addition to any menu.
U.S. Atlantic Sea Scallop—Sustainability in Action
Careful fisheries management has created vast, continuous supplies. Scientists and harvesters worked side-by-side in the late 1990s to restore an overfished resource and to transform it into the largest wild scallop fishery worldwide.
Why Buy American Sea Scallops
- Rigorous Resource Monitoring and Management employing state-of-the-art science and harvester collaboration makes sea scallops a smart seafood choice.
- Consistent Quality & Fully Traceable—American sea scallops can be traced back to the date and location of harvest.
- Availability—fresh and frozen natural (dry) scallops are available throughout the year.
- Attractive, Delicious, & Nutritious—Sea scallops are adaptable to culinary applications worldwide as statement center-of-the-plate preparations in restaurants or in at-home family meals.
- Consumer Friendly Individually quick frozen (IQF) retail packs and value-added convenience products are versatile and affordable. Consumers can remove the desired number of individual scallop meats from a package, as needed. Sea scallop meats are easy and quick to cook.
Why Buy American Sea Scallops
- State-of-the-art science and harvester collaboration make sea scallops a smart and sustainable seafood choice.
- American sea scallops can be traced back to the date and location of harvest.
- Fresh and frozen natural (dry) scallops are available throughout the year.
- Sea scallops are adaptable to culinary applications worldwide.
- Individually quick frozen (IQF) retail packs and value-added convenience products are versatile and affordable.
The American Sea Scallop—At a Glance:
U.S. Atlantic sea scallop meats are available in a wide range of sizes, product forms, packaging, and pricing options. Many suppliers will also grade and package to individual buyer specifications.
Private label packaging is available. Sea scallop meats are offered
fresh, individually quick frozen (IQF), or block frozen. Scallop meats are graded by number of meats per pound as follows: