Quality assessment of weathervane scallop (Patinopecten caurinus) and purple-hinge rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantea) from Alaska

• Main Author: Brenner, Kathryn A.
• Other Authors: Oliveira, Alexandra, RaLonde, Ray, Crapo, Charles, Bechtel, Peter
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: weathervane scallop fisheries; Alaska; weathervane scallop; Fairbanks; Gulf of Alaska; Myers; Pacific; Kodiak; Yakutat
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11330

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2011 In Alaska, the Pacific weathervane scallop (Patinopecten caurinus) is the only species commercially harvested. In the Eastern Gulf of Alaska, harvesters report occurrences of poor quality and difficult to market scallops from some fishing areas, des...