Clam digging is a North American term for a common way to harvest clams (edible infaunal bivalve mollusks ) from below the surface of the tidal sand flats or mud flats where they live. It is done both recreationally (for enjoyment or as a source of food) and commercially (as a source of income). Commercial digging in the U.S. and Canada is colloquially referred to as clamming , and is done by a clammer .
6-545: [REDACTED] Look up clamdigger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clamdigger may refer to: One who engages in clam digging Clamdigger (de Kooning) , a bronze sculpture by Willem de Kooning Clamdigger (train) , a discontinued commuter train in Connecticut, US Clamdiggers or capri pants, a three-quarter length pants style Topics referred to by
12-463: A peck -size (9 litre) bucket that is used to measure the volume of clams collected. Clam digging on the New England coast is done using a "clam hoe" (a pitchfork with the handle cut off about 18 in or 460 mm from the tines then bent about 70 degrees) and a "hod" or "roller" (a half bushel basket built using wood lathes or wire mesh) and hip waders (boot that extend up to the top of
18-527: A much smaller version (hand pulled) from the offshore dredge. Another form of commercial clamming is done from a flat-decked boat using a clam rake with a telescopic handle. The head of these rakes have long tines attached to a "basket-like" cage in which the clams are collected. In the Minas Basin area of Nova Scotia , digging for soft-shelled clams is usually done with a clam hack , a spading fork with its short handle bent perpendicularly away from
24-427: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Clam digging Amateur clam digging is often done using a straight long-handled spading fork, or a spading shovel . Commercial clamming for quahog clams, and the larger surf clams (soup clams) is primarily done offshore, via mechanical dredging . To harvest cultivated clam beds, aquaculturists often use
30-470: The fork's head. A digger typically uses the hack by grasping the spine of the prongs in one hand and the handle of the fork in the other to push the hack down into the mud, clay, or sand and then pull it up and towards him/herself. This digging action opens up the substrate to expose the clams. Those clams legally long enough (44 mm or 1.7 in in Nova Scotia) are then taken by hand and put into
36-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Clamdigger . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clamdigger&oldid=1211832697 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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