New geoduck farming rules are rolling out across Puget Sound, prompting a renaissance in the clam harvest and a growing movement to stop it.
In the last decade, Taylor Shellfish has expanded geoduck farms by 30 acres, with another 25 awaiting permit. They produce 700,000 pounds of geoduck per year, through which hundreds of jobs have been created.
Their nursery is filled with tens of thousands of growing geoduck seed.
"Each of these trays, we fill with sand and plant with about 1,500 geoducks per tray," explained Taylor Shellfish spokesperson Bill Dewey.
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