1. Geoduck: Panopea Abrubta “Gooey Duck” Northwestern United States and Canada Considered the world’s largest clam Can live for well over 140 or 150 years Typically eaten raw as sushi 4 to 6 six years they are harvestable at two pounds Reach maturity in 15 years at 10 to 14 pounds

2. Harvesting geoduck is fairly simple even if you are not a diver.

3. Anyone can hunt geoduck

4. Friends can help each other

5. Or just supervise

6. Some do it for work

7. Area of focus: Washington State Puget Sound region

8. Puget Sound region: Over 2,500 miles of coastline 674 million pounds of geoduck in the Puget Sound region 163 million pounds available for commercial fishing Only 3% is harvested each year Equivalent to 4.8 million pounds

9. Current Puget Sound commercial production 4 million pounds per year.001% of Puget Sound is currently farmed totaling 90 acres. Production is estimated at $40 million

10. Distribution Fishing boat Skiff Processing plant Airplane

11. Growth Potential/Return Land resource Market Cost Profitability Competition

12. Baby geoducks

13. References Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: http://atn-riae.agr.ca/seafood/geoduck-e.htm Cafe Press.com: http://www.cafepress.com/buy/lakewood/- /pv_design_prod/p_storeid.40057670/pNo_40057670/id_9977967/opt_/pg_/c_/fpt_ Department of Ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/species/geoduck.html Evergreen University: http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm Geoduck.org: http://www.geoduck.org/Content_Frames/recipesMAIN.html Puget Sound Action Team: http://www.psat.wa.gov/you_can_do/creature/geoduck.htm Reid Real Estate/Tim Wing: http://www.timwing.com/geoduck-1.htm Seattle Times: http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi- bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2950529&date=19990321&query=geoduck+chronicles Taylor Shellfish Farms: http://www.taylorshellfishfarms.com/ Underwater Harvester Association: http://www.geoduck.org/index_2.html Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/beachreg/2clam.htm Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoduck You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgsMsK1msVY&mode=related&search= http://atn-riae.agr.ca/seafood/geoduck-e.htm http://www.cafepress.com/buy/lakewood/- /pv_design_prod/p_storeid.40057670/pNo_40057670/id_9977967/opt_/pg_/c_/fpt_ http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/species/geoduck.html http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm http://www.geoduck.org/Content_Frames/recipesMAIN.html http://www.psat.wa.gov/you_can_do/creature/geoduck.htm http://www.timwing.com/geoduck-1.htm http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi- bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2950529&date=19990321&query=geoduck+chronicles http://www.taylorshellfishfarms.com/ http://www.geoduck.org/index_2.html http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/beachreg/2clam.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoduck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgsMsK1msVY&mode=related&search=