Here you see TARRFISH posing nude at the Brooklin Dock as the fog rolls in and the tide rolls out. She’s apparently been off-loading lobster traps to begin her transition to the winter Atlantic scallop fishing season.
She’ll likely soon be adorned with a mast, boom and winched “drag” (New Bedford type dredge) to scoop up the scallops that rest and swim along the coastal sea floor. She’ll also likely have a wooden shelling hut installed behind her cabin to shelter the crew member who shucks and sorts the tasty mollusks at sea.
David Tarr, the operator/owner of TARRFISH, also usually dives off her stern during the season to hand-harvest the more expensive “diver’s scallops.” He does this while a crew member circles the vessel above flying the International Diving Flag that warns nearby boats that there’s a diver below. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 6, 2026.)