Geoduck farming’s increasing use of plastic gear cost it a top-spot rating from Seafood Watch, a consumer guide popular with environmentally minded eaters. Washington’s farmed geoduck was downgraded ...

Geoduck clams are a valuable food export for the United States and play a key role in supporting the coastal economies of Washington state and Alaska. As they are often harvested for both domestic ...

Global food systems currently use three-quarters of the planet’s fresh water, occupy half of the ice-free land, and emit a ...

Geoducks are native to the Pacific Northwest. Ninety-five per cent of B.C.'s geoduck sales are to China. (James Austin - image credit) China's intent to slap new tariffs on Canadian seafood exports ...

In Washington state, clams, oysters and mussels are being poached from the Puget Sound and sold for thousands of dollars. The most in-demand of these is the geoduck, which can sell for $150 a pound.

On a typical morning, Lief Cofield and his three crew members pile into a 30-foot aluminum boat to harvest hundreds of pounds of geoduck clams. But for more than two weeks, his boat, the Eagle Scout, ...

Some extremely low tides are looming on the near horizon allowing shellfish gatherers a rare chance to harvest geoducks. Those who don’t want to attempt getting down and dirty for these deep-dwelling ...

Geoduck (pronounced “gooey-duck”) is a clam with an oversized siphon (some people call it the neck) that bears an unfortunate resemblance to a certain part of the male anatomy; the siphon and body are ...

An on-demand video of “The Impact of Oyster Sommeliers and Specialists: Lessons for the Live Shellfish Industry,” is ...

Family-run Taylor Shellfish Farms of Shelton, Washington, is the largest producer of farmed shellfish in the United States, employing more than 600 employees and working 11,000 acres of tidelands ...