On a typical morning, Lief Cofield and his three crew members pile into a 30-foot aluminum boat to harvest hundreds of pounds of geoduck clams. But for more than two weeks, his boat, the Eagle Scout, ...

Lorraine Boissoneault | Author, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene A geoduck shell found scatted among other shells discarded by the Tseshaht peoples 500 to 1000 years ago ...

CLINTON — The sound of labored breathing crackles over the radio aboard the fishing boat Rawdeal on an overcast morning in late May. Anchored about 100 yards off the eastern coastline of Whidbey ...

State and tribal officials have closed a 135-acre geoduck-harvesting area outside Federal Way until they can fully investigate the toxicity levels that caused China to ban shellfish imported from the ...

For the first time, commercial geoduck harvesting will be allowed in Puget Sound between Dash Point and Saltwater state parks. The state Department of Health made the decision today after a study of ...

If a proposed Chinese tariff hurts the state’s geoduck industry, a group of harvesters could get refunds from the state. In May Washington’s Department of Natural Resources held one of the state’s ...

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 ...

Heaven on earth is geoduck sashimi. Just where they come from is a hot dispute in Pierce County, where neighbors contend a permit for a geoduck farm has expired. The problem is about $15 to $20 ...