"Twenty-five-year-old Caleb Kardell will start scalloping commercially for the first time when the 2009/2010 season opens on Nov. 1.
A Nantucket native with a wife and two young sons, Kardell is a carpenter who plans to dive for scallops along with his building partner to make extra cash during the winter.
Kardell will likely be one of the few new scallopers who begin fishing next season without having been trained through the Marine & Coastal Resources Department's proposed apprentice program.
The Shellfish & Harbor Advisory Board voted last week to recommend that the Board of Selectmen adopt regulations requiring new scallopers to fish with experienced fishermen for 40 days before being allowed to go out by themselves. Apprentices could harvest two bushels per day during their training period."
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