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In Virginia, more than 130,000 acres are under lease for aquaculture of hard clams and oysters, though not all of that area is in active production, he said.

The small, hard clams that fishermen dug from Little Neck Bay and sold to restaurants became known as littlenecks.

The annual harvest of hard clams, for example, has fallen more than 90 percent since 1980.

Recreational harvests of hard clams, oysters and mussels are banned during red tides.

A new report says a record 243 million hard clams were sold last year.