Volunteers discovered more than 200 scallop shells during an annual survey of Choctawhatchee Bay, marking the first physical evidence of the shellfish in the waterway after years of absence. All shells were empty, and no live scallops were spotted, though preliminary monitoring last month had documented living specimens, suggesting a possible die-off occurred between surveys.
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