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:

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+chronicles

Taylor 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=