If you’re looking for clams then there is a company in Kuwait that sells clams imported from New Zealand. They sell various sizes of clams as well as mussels all from the Cloudy Bay Clams brand. Prices start from KD6 for 1/2kg and you can find out more by clicking [Here]
What I’m curious to know is what the story is with local clams. I’ve heard they’re not allowed to be sold, I’ve heard they’re banned, and I’ve also heard they can be sold just hard to get. Does anyone know anything about this?
18 replies on “Clams in Kuwait”
Mark
I’ve asked this question on numerous occasion to many people here about the harvesting of local clams near AL-Doha West power plant. I keep getting a conflicting answer on this matter.
Was told the local EPA prohibited this a few years back. Hope that you can find out this with all the good contacts you have here.
Delicious and high quality clams & mussels, highly recommended!
Local clams feed on local sewage and industrial waste. They were banned because they were making people very sick.
They are sold in lulu (Al Rai) in the fresh seafood dept. for around 2 kd from around 5 to 6 years (atlest that’s how long i have been buying). Haven’t bought recently, so not sure of current situation.
Not sure why they were banned, but coming from a diver, there aren’t alot out there. Certainly not enough for commercial fishing. That shouldn’t stop us from cultivating our own clams in a controlled environment though!
local clams are sold here just rare, i cooked some last monday, my dad bought them from oncost shwaikh.
forgot to say it was 700fils a kg.
My friend told me he gets clams but it’s 9KD a kilo. Something is weird here
clams are not something that most Kuwaitis like to eat, i honestly wouldnt buy local clams more than 1kd a kilo.
Hey mark it online on oncost right now for 1.100kd a kg https://www.oncost.com/fresh-food/fresh-fish-seafood/kuwaiti-fresh-clams.html
I took a screen shot i just dont know how to send it to you.
They have them apparently at 1.250/kg but I did not check in person, only online: https://www.oncost.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=clams
New Zealand mussels are sold 3.750 for 500g in Sultan
Btw what’s the difference between mussels and clams or are they the same ?
A little googling does wonders.
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When I was a little boy my mother used to take us to the Doha area to go get them. It used to be a lot of fun but disgusting at the same time but it was more like a family outing with all my cousins together. Such good simple old times 🙂
I went about two years ago to do the same I am not sure if it’s banned or not but nobody stopped us, but there are hardly any out there.
Pffftttt….. Used to gather clams from Doha almost as big as a teen’s fist. It was overly harvested and abused, hence the ban.
Nevertheless, I live in a place where a SACK of oysters (25-30kg or more) costs 5KD or less.
Same here.. used to be a big thing before the invasion.. all our families would get together and head out to Doha for clam digging.
It used to be lots of fun cause it would be an all night thing and we would have a huge barbecues set up and we kids would head out to explore and play around near the old ship wrecks. Plus digging under rocks and in the black mud had its fun factor too 🙂
And totally agree with BlarneyBob there .sometimes the size of the clams we dug up were super big.. we cousins would compete amongst ourselves to see who would gather the most and who found the biggest ones .. Good times
After wards when it started getting dark and the tide started coming in our dads and uncles ( basically all the older men in the group) would bring out their flash lights and these poles with long spikes at the end of it and head out to catch crabs
Of course there was the booze ( lots of it ) and the guitars and the singing which made it quite a fun thing .
After the invasion it kind of fizzled out cause most of the families who left never came back and of course there was that ban so it never happened again
Now a days if you are in the mood for clams or mussels you either head out to TSC or try your luck at the Fish markets in Sharq or Mubarakiya. If that doesn’t work or cooking it yourself isn’t your thing then I guess you can head out to the Fish market restaurant on Arabian Gulf Street and see what they have to offer 😉
Little Ruby’s has a spaghetti dish with local clams. It was delicious.
Hi Im an expat here in Kuwait.Im regularly hanging out at Fintas Shore every week and if I want to eat clams I bring I just grab my small rake and dig just few inches from the sand surface you will find a lot in there. Some fellow I had once met there told me that there are times that authorities/police visit there and prohibits evryone getting those delicious clams. Just try your luck.