HeraldNet

Geoduck farms may have trouble getting permits

TACOMA — Raising geoducks may endanger inland marine life and tidelands, Pierce County planners say, a finding that could likely complicate the county’s permit process for farming the ugly but ...
komonews

Despite Chinese ban, Wash. geoducks going to Asia

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Despite a Chinese ban on shellfish from the U.S. West Coast, the Washington geoduck industry is shipping off its product to Asia, with the top two destinations being Hong Kong ...
HeraldNet

Export markets cool for Geoduck

ELD INLET, THURSTON COUNTY — Some 40 feet down, diver Walter Lorentz groped along the Puget Sound bottom, searching in the weak undersea light for small dimples that would mark the site of a buried ...
Seattle Times

Export markets cool for Washington’s giant clam, the geoduck, as tariffs mount and Chinese consumers get picky

ELD INLET, THURSTON COUNTY — Some 40 feet down, diver Walter Lorentz Jr. groped along the bottom of Puget Sound, searching in the weak undersea light for small dimples that mark the site of a buried ...