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Scallops bring in $60m
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Commercial scallop fishermen in the Nelson region are celebrating
a bumper season which has pumped an estimated $60 million into the
local economy.
The 60-strong fleet of scallop boats finished fishing last week,
after harvesting 716 tonnes of scallop meat -- about 56 million
scallops.
It is the biggest harvest in about seven years.
It is more than double last year's harvest, which was hampered by
a lack of good-sized scallops.
The total allowable catch is 720 t...
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