MAINE PUBLIC • April 5, 2023
Quahogs are native to Maine but are more commonly associated with southern New England and the even warmer waters further down the eastern seaboard. But as the global climate changes, the Gulf of Maine is heating faster than almost every other part of the ocean around the globe, according to researchers. And that temperature shift, along with other factors, may be making Maine more hospitable to these harder-shelled cousins of the soft-shell clams that have been a major part of the state’s fisheries industry for decades.