Rowley river clammer digs private aquaculture

Ipswich, Massachusetts USA, Rowley resident John Grundstorm has had a bumper crop of clams this year on his aquaculture grant in the Rowley River. Grundstorm who has clammed since he was eight years old, comes from a long line of shell fishermen, going back three generations. He became a commercial digger at 16, there are 25 licensed Rowley diggers, and only three go out on a daily basis and Grundstorm is one of them.

Rowley has approximately 300 acres of clam flats in contrast to Ipswich’s 900-plus acres, and Grundstorm can be found on the towns flats or on his own grant, where he cultivates soft-shell clams, little neck clams and oysters. Read more...