These scallops are caught, washed, soaked and cleaned. The white note is then frozen and packaged. It is nice to know that scallops of the cold waters are better in taste than those from the warmer waters. Scallops from the cold waters have a small fat in them. There are several types of shell or scallops. They can be caught in the wild, but today there is also a lot of breeding. This is done by putting the small coquille (about the size of a pinnagel) in fine mesh nets and hanging them back in steel baskets. These baskets are, as in the case of the mussel, planted at sea. After one year, the scallops are mature. There are also scallops that are grown on beds (free from the bottom).