DEFA Minister pleased with season
With the catch limit rapidly approaching, the queen scallop fishing season is almost at an end.
Fishermen have been operating with reduced quotas this time around, in an effort to conserve stocks of the shellfish.
Environment, Food and Agriculture Minister Geoffrey Boot says it's been a good season:
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