Maybe you're new to Rhode Island and don't know what a quahog is. Or maybe you've lived here for a while but are too afraid ...

David Ghigliotty is one of a dwindling number of commercial shellfishermen in Rhode Island. During the quahogging boom of the early 1980s, he said, There were so many boats you could walk from one ...

The shellfish species, also known as Stimpson’s hard clam or quahog, is renowned for its longevity and inhabits waters not only off Tohoku and farther north in Japan but also Russia.

Popular species of clam include: American hard shell clams – large clams with a thick, heavy shell Palourdes (also known as Manilla clams) – clams with a pretty, marbled shell that are ...