Scallop Season

Once again that time of the year is here, where every man and his dive gear heads out to sea pursuing one of the oceans tastiest shellfish the New Zealand scallop. If last year was anything to go by this years scallops should be fat and tasty as they were well into the spawning process at the end of last season. I'm looking foward to comfirming my prediction on Monday along with enjoying a fresh feed of scallops. The Bag Limit per diver in the B.O.P is 20 per diver, although 1 diver is allowed to get 20 for the boats skipper, and 20 for the boatman (deckhand) thats 60 scallops total for one diver and 2 other people on board. Also be aware that you can NOT shuck scallops at sea and bring them unshelled to shore but you CAN shuck scallops at sea if you are consuming them at sea but within your daily bag limit.