Just 25 hours after Nantucket scallops were dredged and loaded from Georges Bank, they glistened like treasure at Viking Village in Barnegat Light. Aboard the 97-foot Kathy Ann, Capt. Cory Karch, mate Todd DeVito and crew had brought back dinner by the boatload on a recent Sunday to be packed out at the dock.

The U-10-sized shellfish – it takes fewer than 10 to make a pound – command the highest price at market, and are a prime product that Viking Village Inc.