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The Atlantic sea scallop supports one of the worlds largest commercial scallop fisheries, however, our understanding of factors that affect juvenile abundance and distribution is limited due to difficulties detecting and observing them in the wild.Using high resolution digital images from a 2008 and 2009 video survey of Georges Bank and the Mid-Atlantic, we examine the distribution and abundance of juvenile sea scallops and their relation to adults.Based on life history characteristics and observed shell height frequency distributions, we define juveniles as scallops with shell height below 70 mm.Juvenile scallops made up 51%and 43% of all measured scallops on Georges Bank in 2008 and 2009, respectively.