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Geoduck : Panopea Abrubta “Gooey Duck” Northwestern United States and Canada Considered the world’s largest clam Can li

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.

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Geoduck : Panopea Abrubta “Gooey Duck” Northwestern United States and Canada Considered the world’s largest clam Can li

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  1. Geoduck: PanopeaAbrubta “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
  2. Harvesting geoduck is fairly simple even if you are not a diver.
  3. Anyone can hunt geoduck
  4. Friends can help each other
  5. Or just supervise
  6. Some do it for work
  7. Area of focus: Washington State Puget Sound region
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Distribution Fishing boat Skiff Processing plant Airplane
  11. Growth Potential/Return Land resource Market Cost Profitability Competition
  12. Baby geoducks
  13. References Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:http://atn-riae.agr.ca/seafood/geoduck-e.htmCafe Press.com:http://www.cafepress.com/buy/lakewood/-/pv_design_prod/p_storeid.40057670/pNo_40057670/id_9977967/opt_/pg_/c_/fpt_Department of Ecology:http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/species/geoduck.htmlEvergreen University:http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htmGeoduck.org:http://www.geoduck.org/Content_Frames/recipesMAIN.htmlPuget Sound Action Team:http://www.psat.wa.gov/you_can_do/creature/geoduck.htmReid Real Estate/Tim Wing:http://www.timwing.com/geoduck-1.htmSeattle Times:http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2950529&date=19990321&query=geoduck+chroniclesTaylor Shellfish Farms:http://www.taylorshellfishfarms.com/Underwater Harvester Association:http://www.geoduck.org/index_2.htmlWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife:http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/beachreg/2clam.htmWikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoduckYou Tube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgsMsK1msVY&mode=related&search=
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