Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large ...

HARSTINE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — John King plunges his arm up to his shoulder into the mudflats of Puget Sound, roots around and soon pulls from the muck the world’s largest burrowing clam. The mollusk ...

OLYMPIA, Wash — Chinese tariffs are hurting the state’s geoduck industry, which is impacting the state’s ability to help salmon and orca populations, according to the state’s Department of Natural ...

SEATTLE — The state Department of Natural Resources is considering granting Taylor Shellfish a lease to harvest geoducks it grew illegally on state lands. The state’s largest shellfish grower applied ...

Roughly 650 million pounds of them rest below Puget Sound. They can live to be 150 years old. In China, they’re a coveted delicacy, often enjoyed for their crisp texture and purported aphrodisiac ...

The equipment used to farm geoducks, including PVC pipes and nets, might have a greater impact on the Puget Sound food web than the addition of the clams themselves. That's one of the findings of the ...