DISCO SCALLOPS

For centuries, fishing seems to have had one direction of travel: efficiency. Bigger boats, longer trips, heavier gear, more sea covered, more taken out. The logic was seductive in its simplicity: maximise yield, maximise profit. The problem is the ocean doesn't work like a spreadsheet. And we're all starting to see the bill. The result of this intensification is fisheries that are less resilient, marine habitats that are less able to recover, and a sea that is quietly, incre

It's been a hot minute. In our defence, we've had reasons; Disco Scallops is built by a group of engineers, scientists, marketeers and restaurateurs, all with day jobs. But also all with a shared conviction that scallop fishing can and should look very different to how it looks today. When you're trying to build a new fishery from scratch, the blog occasionally gets sacrificed at the altar of actually doing the thing. But that changes now (we hope). We're committing to a mini

Sustainably caught Disco Scallops™ are on the menu after British marine scientists made the dazzling discovery that the shellfish can be...

Written by Rachel When Lee and Rob set out to take Disco Scallops to the next level, they knew the project needed someone with a...

Let me take you back to where this all began. Not the accidental discovery of scallops loving disco lights (we’ve covered that already),...

Let us cast you back to 2022: Covid restrictions were finally easing, the Lionesses made history, and London’s Elizabeth Line opened. But...