Geoduck: Panopea Abrubta “Gooey Duck” Northwestern United States and Canada Considered the world’s largest clam Can live for well over 140 or 150 years.

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Geoduck: Panopea Abrubta “Gooey Duck” Northwestern United States and Canada Considered the world’s largest clam Can live for well over 140 or 150 years Typically eaten raw as sushi 4 to 6 six years they are harvestable at two pounds Reach maturity in 15 years at 10 to 14 pounds

Harvesting geoduck is fairly simple even if you are not a diver.

Anyone can hunt geoduck

Friends can help each other

Or just supervise

Some do it for work

Area of focus: Washington State Puget Sound region

Puget Sound region: Over 2,500 miles of coastline 674 million pounds of geoduck in the Puget Sound region 163 million pounds available for commercial fishing Only 3% is harvested each year Equivalent to 4.8 million pounds

Current Puget Sound commercial production 4 million pounds per year.001% of Puget Sound is currently farmed totaling 90 acres. Production is estimated at $40 million

Distribution Fishing boat Skiff Processing plant Airplane

Growth Potential/Return Land resource Market Cost Profitability Competition

Baby geoducks

References Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Cafe Press.com: /pv_design_prod/p_storeid /pNo_ /id_ /opt_/pg_/c_/fpt_ Department of Ecology: Evergreen University: Geoduck.org: Puget Sound Action Team: Reid Real Estate/Tim Wing: Seattle Times: bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug= &date= &query=geoduck+chronicles Taylor Shellfish Farms: Underwater Harvester Association: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Wikipedia: You Tube: /pv_design_prod/p_storeid /pNo_ /id_ /opt_/pg_/c_/fpt_ bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug= &date= &query=geoduck+chronicles