Northern Quahog Harvests

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Northern Quahog Landings 1964-2016

Harvesting Northern Quahogs by commercial fishermen has been a rocky business over the period for which data is available. (Gaps are related to quota regulations to protect the resource.) Otherwise known as “hard clams,” these shellfish are sometimes completely absent from the harvest rolls, sometimes overflowing. Until the year 2001, the price per pound only…

Mahogany Quahog Harvests

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Quahog Landings 1984-2016

Mahogany Quahog (also known as “mahogany clams” or “hardshell clams”) harvests by commercial fishermen, in recent times, peaked in 1986.  A drop in the mid-1990s recovered for about ten years, then dipped to about $2.5 million in recent years. Since the early 1990s, the price per pound has averaged about $.40, ranging from $.30 to…