Fogg 427 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 What’s the study with availability of clams in NZ? Up until about a month ago they were in every supermarket next to the mussels. Now none in sight. Fishmonger says none for a while. Are they seasonal? Fishmonger didn’t know! Only info I can find suggests they should be available year round like mussels??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 "clams" seems to mean almost any shellfish to most americans in much the same way "shrimp" seems to = shrimp, prawn, scampy, crayfish, lobster i guess you mean the white cockles? sometimes seen in red mesh bags next to the mussels at countdown etc mussels + oysters are farmed, so are available year-round but pipis, tuatua, cockles, bluff oysters, scallops, paua, geoducks? don't seem to be farmed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaculture_in_New_Zealand edit these cockles = little neck clams, look like the ones have seen at supermarkets http://nzclams.com/ harvested from the beaches of otago probably only seasonal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Yup when I said clams I meant to use the scientific name: “Small white things next to the mussels at Countdown” 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 360 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Got some at the Barrier on Sunday That may not help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cantab 341 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Pretty sure they come from the beach Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 from that littleneck page There is an on-going traditional customary and recreational harvest throughout New Zealand. In the past twenty years there has been a growing commercial harvest of littleneck clams, the main sites being located on Snake Bank in the Whangarei Harbour, etc etc Snake Bank is not the only cockle bed in Whangarei Harbour, but it is the only bed open for commercial fishing. The others are on the mainland, notably Marsden Bay, and other sandbanks, pic of snake bank https://photosnz.co.nz/shop/snake-bank-shellfish-beds/ edit Okoromai Bay in Shakespear Regional Park https://www.albomadventures.com/collecting-cockles/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 If you want the real McCoy Clam, they are called Surf Clams.A guy I have known for many years pioneered harvesting Surf Clams right here in Marlborough. His Son's now run the company.If you are on Facebook, you can find them herehttps://www.facebook.com/Cloudy-Bay-Clams-393973434011279/If you want to read about them, try this linkhttp://supermarketnews.co.nz/cloudy-bay-clams/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,591 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 In Mexico they have a clam that believe it or not is naturally spicy. Delicious stuffed with salsa and barbequed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 648 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 surf clams most likely exported,what you get in the supermarket are dredge cockles and we all know the beds are thinning,lots of AK beach get closures.There was a bay on Ponui island that produce 50mm/70mm cockles right through the 70s well in to the 90s.Went back in 2012 and nil,what we found was a black sludge which has since found out is sediment washed from the beachlands area and even dredging silt from pine harbour,speaking of which since pine harbour has gone in the little island to the south of pine harbour had sweet mussels. The mussels there now will make you crook.The beach south of beachlands Te puna?? had cockle right up to early 2000,now nil and black sludge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tmouse 3 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Check out Southern Clams, supplier to most NZ supermarkets.Based out of Dunedin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Check out Southern Clams, supplier to most NZ supermarkets.Based out of Dunedin Superb, will do, thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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