Show dig scallop catch C itch ml ill records in the history lil atory of the ecal lop fishery are being broken the tile dally daily shipments to boston floston anil rind new york markets have averaged more ban than gallon gallons the selectmen elect men placed a limit of elx bushels per ap pp day per roan man abi which ath wa ani a ariy riy good daye days work average prices and a limit which would assure protection to the industry more SCallOP ecal lopa 3 hive h ive been discovered about the island than even the most anguin sanguine of the fishermen predicted on the north side at of the outer harbor the shellfish bellfl eh are lying in heavy win in drap tree free from seaweed and the fishermen flaher nien frequently go out pat 1 gath er their six bushel limtt inside of two boura bours few of them have to work more than half a day to get their share of the harvest the scallops are much larger and la in better condition than ever the average ize size in yeara years past haa has ben been two in hos hes across the narrowest part atthe the shell but tho the scallops ecal lopa taken this yar will average nearer throe three and three throe and one half inches and the lees eee arc are the size 1 of a quarter nantucket tsan correspondence boston herald |