Hi Crappo, Old Donkey here, (Channel Islands joke).
Yeah I'm afraid you're in a fairly heavily fished zone but CI is a good area for scallops. Jersey boys were working the Minquies and making mega catches (500+ per diver per day) but thats a major expedition. Locally you could look to work inshore of any offshore beds as you get overspill. A good tip is to look for any areas where the commercials dump their smalls (scallops not undies). This is often inshore and they quickly grow.
Alison was mentioning catching in harbours and that's true here too but I suspect the beds are more artificial than natural. Again it's people dropping smalls (especially dredgers - even sailing dredgers of long ago) and then they multiply protected by boat traffic and fishing restrictions.
Happy huntin'
Dave
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