The name geoduck — pronounced "gooey duck" — is thought to come from the Native American Nisqually word "gweduc," which means ...

Today Puget Sound fishermen sell four million pounds of it each year, or about two million clams' worth. Swanky New York bistros serve geoduck with rice wine vinegar. Japanese chefs slice it for ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Known for their briny flavor and phallic shape, geoduck clams can cost up to $30 a pound. The geoduck industry in British Columbia is worth about $55 million ...

Geoduck (pronounced “gooey-duck”) is a clam with an oversized siphon (some people call it the neck) that bears an unfortunate resemblance to a certain part of the male anatomy; the siphon and ...

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., ...

Burridge estimated the annual value of Canadian geoduck exports to China at about $75 million, all from B.C., and she said swiftly finding an alternative to the Chinese market would be virtually ...

Geoduck clams are a valuable food export for the United States and play a key role in supporting the coastal economies of Washington state and Alaska. As they are often harvested for both domestic ...

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 Puget ...

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 Puget ...