Quahaugs are plenty in Waquoit Bay, and are gathered and eaten by the villagers, but none are shipped. It is estimated that about 500 bushels of quahaugs are annually consumed by the people of Falmouth town.
Summary of Industry.
| Area of quahaug territory (acres), | 400 |
| Number of men, | — |
| Number of boats, | — |
| Value of boats, | — |
| Number of dories, | — |
| Value of dories, | — |
| Value of implements, | — |
Production.
| "Little necks":— | |
| Bushels, | 10 |
| Value, | $25 |
| Quahaugs:— | |
| Bushels, | 90 |
| Value, | $90 |
| Total:— | |
| Bushels, | 100 |
| Value, | $115 |
Harwich.
The quahaug fishery of the town of Harwich is carried on in that part of Pleasant Bay which lies within the town limits. In the southern waters of the town, on the Sound side, scattering quahaugs are found in certain localities, but are not of any commercial importance. The most important of those localities are off Dean's Creek and in Herring River, where quahaugs are dug for home consumption.
Harwich shares with Chatham and Orleans the quahaug fishery of Pleasant Bay, but has a more limited territory, as only a small portion of Pleasant Bay lies within the town limits. Practically all this territory, comprising 100 acres, is quahauging ground, though the commercial quahauging is prosecuted over an area of 10 acres only. Scattering quahaugs are found over an area of 100 acres.
As the waters of Pleasant Bay are sheltered, the fishing is all done from dories, with basket rakes having 20 to 25 foot poles. The depth of water over the quahaug beds is from 6 to 16 feet.