Geoduck farming takes off as demand for clams grows in Asia
Story Date: 5/15/2015

 

Source: Phuong Le, WRAL, 5/14/15

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 squirts water from its long obscene-looking neck. King dodges the spray, already using a water hose to loosen sand and harvest the next one.

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