Once it progresses through its sexual maturity stages, the quahog becomes sedentary, spending the rest of its life in a single location. Ocean quahogs grow very slowly, adding thin layers to their ...

THE QUAHOG IS A BIVALVE. IT’S A MARINE CLAM. IT’S SLOW GROWING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THESE SHELLS, YOU CAN COUNT SOME OF THE MAJOR GROWTH RINGS. SO I MIGHT BE CUTTING INTO SHELLS THAT ...