BLAKE ISLAND — The slow economy hasn’t put a damper on Washington’s commercial geoduck industry. Jane Chavey with the Washington Department of Natural Resources says six companies operating in 10 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for ...

Of all the shellfish that sell on the black market, one clam is above the rest — the geoduck. Pronounced “gooey-duck,” these hefty clams bury themselves in sand where they stay for 100 years, doing ...

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, ...

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 ...