This video was filmed in deep sea water in Scotland
Video credit: Grant Campbell (Scot-Hatch Ltd, Scotland)
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)
Sea stars and crabs are generally thought to have the largest predatory impact on seeded scallops of a variety of species. During sea ranching, a population of seeded scallops may be reduced due to the predation within the sea ranching area. It is believed that the recovery rates of scallop should be at least 25% for scallop sea ranching production to be economically viable. Improving culture practices is usually attempted towards the increase of recovery rates. This issue is pf particular importance when we know that it can take 4-5 years to grow a large scallop (125-140 mm). It is believed that wild scallops may have better escape response than hatchery-produced scallops.
