Scallops
King and Queen Scallops are farmed using many different systems, but all spat is collected from the wild.Scallop spat is grown in fine mesh 'pockets' or 'lanterns' suspended beneath long-line systems, until it is around 2 years old.
At this time King scallops may be placed on the sea bed or in larger-sized lanterns and ongrown until marketable. Kings take 4-5 years to reach the minimum shell size of 105mm. Queen scallops take only around 2 years to reach harvestable size and are harvested straight from the lanterns.
King Scallops are currently sold both live in-shell and as unsoaked scallop meat.
