The Pacific Northwest is a great place to hunt for clams of all types: Razor, manilla, butter, and even the elusive geoduck. But one bivalve flies under the radar: horse clams.

But while geoduck costs upwards of $40 a pound, horse clams aren’t available in stores. The only way to eat them is to get a $15 license, find a beach at low tide and start digging.

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The escalating trade war between the US and China has severely impacted the geoduck industry in Washington state. Pronounced “gooey-duck,” the world's largest burrowing clam has been harvested in ...

The escalating trade war between the US and China has severely impacted the geoduck industry in Washington state. Pronounced “gooey-duck,” the world's largest burrowing clam has been harvested ...

VANCOUVER — Diversification has become a mantra for Canadian exporters in the new age of tariffs, but for harvesters of British Columbia’s geoduck clams, that’s a high hurdle, said BC Seafood Alliance ...

In this March 23, 2015 file photo, full-sized geoduck clams are kept fresh in sea water before being transported after being harvested for Taylor Shellfish Farms near Harstine Island, Wash., in ...

She said the industry hoped other export markets such as Japan might eventually be developed. The clams that can live for more than 100 years are typically harvested in B.C. by divers.