i can vouch for that, seen the piles in multiple states....giant metal
cages full of them  in Bivalve NJ, about an hour out of Cape May....
If you buy "baked stuff clams" in most grocery stores in the NE USA
the  individual stuffing/ clam food product is usually sitting in
individual Arctica shells.

On 11/16/13, Tom Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thousands of Icelandic quahogs (/Artica islandica/) are commercially
> dredged every year, these researchers pulled up a total of 200 for their
> study.  I think they can get a pass on this.
>
> Tom Eichhorst
>
>
> On 11/16/2013 8:58 AM, john k tucker wrote:
>> On 11/16/2013 9:06 AM, Sue Hobbs wrote:
>>> http://now.msn.com/oldest-animal-in-the-world-ming-the-clam-was-reportedly-507-years-old-before-it-died
>> Dear Sue,
>>
>> The Clam did not 'die'.  It was killed by fool scientists.
>>
>> Yours,
>> --
>> John K. Tucker
>
>

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