New England Saltwater Shellfish

Weather & Tides

Fishing Reports

Narragansett Bay, Mt. Hope Bay & Sakonnet River Shellfish

Non-Game Species

Common Name

Image

Scientific Name

Bay Quahaug

AKA Hard Shell Clam

Countneck
Littleneck
Topneck
Cherrystone
Quahog

Mercenaria mercenaria

Soft-shelled clam

AKA: Steamer, Longneck Clam

Mya arenaria

Surf Clam

AKA: Sea Clam

Spisula solidissima

Minimum Size: 5" longest axis

Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica

Scallop

Argopecten irradians

Common Blue Mussel

Mytilus edulis

American Lobster

Homarus americanus
(NATIVE)

Rock Crab

Cancer irroratus
(NATIVE)

Jonah Crab

Cancer borealis
(NATIVE)

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus
(NATIVE)

European Green Crab (littoral crab)

Carcinus maenas
(INVASIVE)

Asian Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus sanguineus
(INVASIVE)