Environment In Rhode Island, a hunt is on for the reason for dropping numbers of the signature quahog clam The clam itself is a staple of clam chowders and in 1987, the Rhode Island Legislature ...

The future of RI's quahogs involves balancing many interests – including the fate of other animals that live in Narragansett Bay.

Although quahogs had been harvested from the Bay for thousands of years – studies of shell middens prove so – the commercial fishery in Rhode Island is relatively young.

A bag of Quahogs, just one type of seafood found in the coastal waters of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, on Oct. 1, 2023. T Christine Chitnis/NYT ...

The quahog clam has been in steep decline in Rhode Island since the 1980s. Everything from oxygen deficiency to changing aquatic life and climate change are possible explanations.

It's Quahog Week across Rhode Island, now in its fourth year, and growing! Hard shell clams, also known as quahogs, pulled from the muddy bottoms of mostly New England subtidal and intertidal ...

Rhode Island clam chowder is a clear-broth chowder made with hard-shell clams, known as quahogs, fresh herbs and potatoes. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) They didn’t have cows.

Scientists, lawmakers, and those who make their living from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the decline. Quahogs have a long ...

Scientists, lawmakers, and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the decline. Quahogs have a long ...