New York State is advancing a set of rules to limit the annual harvest off Long Island of sea snails known as whelk, but some fishermen say the restrictions aren’t needed. Whelk, also known as conch, ...

Fork in the Road's Robert Sietsema is excited to report that whelks—aka sea snails—are for sale at the Abingdon Square Greenmarket from P.E. and D.D. Seafood today. Sietsema, who really enjoyed a raw ...

Hari Cameron grasped the creature in his hand and reached for a beat-up old hammer. A hammer isn’t typically found in a chef's kitchen, but then again, Cameron isn’t like most chefs. He delivered a ...

The opening of the first commercial whelk fishery in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia was celebrated at a ceremony on Tuesday (July 30) at Louisbourg Seafoods, reports the CBC. Mike Kelloway, the ...

Spicy whelk (or sea snail) salad is a famous chilli hot salad that accompanies drinks, namely soju or beer. Spicy but moreish, it is a delicious shared appetiser that is part of Korean anju, which ...

Delaware has a state bird, a state bug and a state fish. But until last year, there was no state sea shell. Then, 13-year-old Allyson Willis, a seventh-grader at Redding Middle School, came along and ...

The Dog Whelk is a very common sea snail found in tide pools on rocky seashores all around the coast of Ireland. It is a meat-eater and feeds on barnacles, mussels and other marine life that it finds ...

A company which supplies whelks to the Far East has lost a legal bid to recover hundreds of thousands of pounds of lost profits following the Sea Empress disaster off west Wales. The fish-processing ...

Cape Breton's seafood industry has expanded to include a small sea snail that's become a popular buffet item. On Tuesday, an event at Louisbourg Seafoods processing plant ushered in the first ...

When we hear the word whelk, large, graceful spirals quickly come to mind. But there's another group of whelks, smaller but no less lovely, bearing the whelk name. You can call them basket or dog ...