A Port Orchard man received a four-month sentence after illegally harvesting 300 pounds of geoduck clams from the Olympia area and dumping them near Port Orchard. Matthew R. Petersen, 27, pleaded ...

The escalating trade war between the US and China has severely impacted the geoduck industry in Washington state. Pronounced “gooey-duck,” the world’s largest burrowing clam has been harvested in ...

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and members of the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association talked last week about the possibility of a political solution to China’s ban on Alaska and ...

OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their ...

Geoduck clams, grown in Baja California, are increasingly being smuggled illegally to China Mexican geoduck clam populations are suffering as legal harvests are threatened by rampant poaching, which ...

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, ...

Geoduck can be confusing. When you read the name, your first thought might be "oh, it's a type of duck!" or (in the case of this writer the first time I read it) "is that a type of Pokemon?" In both ...

SEATTLE — Washington state health officials said Tuesday that their arsenic testing has confirmed that geoduck clams harvested from a bay in Puget Sound are safe to eat, following toxicity concerns ...

TACOMA – Opponents of a plan to raise giant clams on Pierce County beaches came to recent hearings on the issue lugging garbage bags full of shellfish farming debris they say they collected near their ...

A geoduck shell found scatted among other shells discarded by the Tseshaht peoples 500 to 1000 years ago suggests that the community had been harvesting and eating geoduck for centuries. Lorraine ...

For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows – or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their funny name ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows - or more specifically, cash clams. Known ...