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Bay Scallop Harvest Opens With Gloomy Outlook But Some Glimmers of Hope

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Juliette LaFemina scalloping in Southampton on Tuesday. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Scalloping in Southampton.
Scalloping in Southampton.
Scalloping in Southampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Scalloping in Southampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Scalloping in Southampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Scalloping in Southampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Scalloping in Southampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Juliette LaFemina shows off one of the scallops she caught on her first scalloping trip in Southampton on Tuesday. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Juliette LaFemina examines one of the Peconic bay scallops she caught on Tuesday. MICHAEL WRIGHT
Pete Topping with a bushel of scallops he collected on Monday morning in Southampton.

Juliette LaFemina scalloping in Southampton on Tuesday. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Scalloping in Southampton.

Scalloping in Southampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Juliette LaFemina shows off one of the scallops she caught on her first scalloping trip in Southampton on Tuesday. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Juliette LaFemina examines one of the Peconic bay scallops she caught on Tuesday. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Pete Topping with a bushel of scallops he collected on Monday morning in Southampton.

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