The Ultimate Quahog Guide:
Clam Plans
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The Local Catch
The Local Catch delivers local seafood, including
fish, local oysters and wild littleneck clams,
to homes three days a week throughout Rhode
Island and Connecticut. You can also browse
and buy or pre-order at the Hope Street Farmers
Market in Providence, the Aquidneck Growers
Farmers Market in Newport, the Pawtuxet
Village farmers market or Coastal Growers
Market at Casey Farm in Saunderstown. the
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Ocean Catch
Ocean Catch carries local harvested clams of
all sizes, including littlenecks, topnecks and
quahogs, available for purchase in the market.
566 Kingstown Rd., Wakefield, 789-3474, ocean
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Narragansett Bay Lobsters
Narragansett Bay Lobsters is offering home
delivery to select towns in Rhode Island. The
business has added seafood options including
fresh fish, littlenecks, Rhode Island lobsters,
calamari, stuffies and much more. narragansett
baylobsters.com
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Digger’s Catch
Digger’s Catch in East Providence sells local
quahogs, littlenecks, steamers, lobsters, rock
crabs and more. The owner has been a licensed
shellfisherman for more than forty years, so
you know he’s got the right connections for
the freshest local shellfish. 537 North Broadway,
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The Ultimate Quahog Guide:
Out on the Bay
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get into bullraking after the children arrived.
He learned how to clam from his dad.
“He’s fished for a lot of different species
like mussels, all kinds of fish. He used to
do fish pots like blackfish or tautog,” Russo
says. “Being a fisherman in Narragansett
Bay, you have to diversify. To be the most
profitable, you have to do everything you
can, especially with the way it’s regulated.”
Russo went quahogging at a young age
and stuck with it. “I started going on my
own boat when I was fourteen. I would
go out in the summer to the spots where
my dad was already working, and use all
his junk equipment,” Russo says with a
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