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Ha! Ha! Ha! Actually the area I live in (Puget Sound in Western WA) is prime geoduck farming area (yes, they farm these - they are a delicacy in Japan and the Japanese pay BIG bucks for them). I have never eaten one and never will, just because of the way they look.
There has been a huge controversy in my area over the geoduck farms and their potential to harm the shoreline. Geoduck "seeds" are "planted" in pvc pipe and then the pipes are covered with netting. Shore bird and eagles have been found caught in the netting. I don't want to get off topic, so if you are interested there is a series of articles about geoduck farming here:
http://www.keypennews.com/SpecialFeatures/Geoduck.htm
For a small paper they did a good job reporting on this.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Actually the area I live in (Puget Sound in Western WA) is prime geoduck farming area (yes, they farm these - they are a delicacy in Japan and the Japanese pay BIG bucks for them). I have never eaten one and never will, just because of the way they look.
There has been a huge controversy in my area over the geoduck farms and their potential to harm the shoreline. Geoduck "seeds" are "planted" in pvc pipe and then the pipes are covered with netting. Shore bird and eagles have been found caught in the netting. I don't want to get off topic, so if you are interested there is a series of articles about geoduck farming here:
http://www.keypennews.com/SpecialFeatures/Geoduck.htm
For a small paper they did a good job reporting on this.
