| Wampum was American Indian bead money, and the purple interior of the quahog shell was used for high-denomination wampum. |
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| The oldest known quahog, found off Iceland, was 507 years old and was nicknamed Ming by scientists. |
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| Oil and gas exploration and production on Sable Bank has potential implication for the ocean quahog fishery. |
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| The quahog is a Venus clam, the most diverse mollusc family. |
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| To date, the oldest quahog from Sable Bank that has been aged was 210 years old, and there has been one from the US aged at 225 years. |
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| As on the fish serving fork, the terminal of the fork is formed by a thick quahog clamshell with a tiny crab on it, and the stem is lavishly encrusted with marine elements. |
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| Among animals, a type of clam called a quahog can live for more than 200 years, and lobsters can live for 100 years or more, as can sturgeon and turtles. |
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| The beads were made of quahog, or large, hardshell clam shells and could only be obtained through trading or as tribute payments from coastal tribes. |
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| Researchers hope to develop a new method to reconstruct southwest Florida's past climates using shells of the native Florida clam, the southern quahog. |
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| The name quahog, or quahaug, is of American Indian derivation. |
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| Marketing of this size quahog would require a processing facility in the region. |
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| The quahog biomass is highest in the 30 to 50 m depth range around Sable Island. |
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| Other species that are of interest for continuing development include the bay scallop, giant scallop, and quahog. |
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| It consisted of purple and white beads made from the shells of quahog clams. |
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| There are currently no quahog fisheries in St. Mary's Bay or Sable Bank. |
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| The northern quahog is a smaller clam, commonly referred to as cherrystone clams or littleneck clams. |
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| The lunule in the southern quahog is at least as wide as high in the southern quahog, but is narrower in the northern quahog. |
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| In July, I got evicted from the cabin where I've lived for 5 years now...so I moved in with a guy I used to quahog with, who was sharing a...house with a woman whose husband was away in the merchant marine. |
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| The quahaug fishery of Massachusetts, including the natural history of the quahog and a discussion of quahog farming. |
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| Shown is a quahog acoustics tank with DRUMS scanning frame mounted on top. |
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