This list of stories illustrates how the debate over the proposed geoduck farm in Burley Lagoon involved concerns about the environment, noise and debris. Many residents raised worries about plastic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large ...

People who live near Burley Lagoon do not want a geoduck farm in their backyard. That was their message for land-use officials at one of the final opportunities for public comment before the Pierce ...

TACOMA — Raising geoducks may endanger inland marine life and tidelands, Pierce County planners say, a finding that could likely complicate the county’s permit process for farming the ugly but ...

A young couple in the Puget Sound makes a living harvesting the world’s largest clam. Geoducks, the giant clams of the Pacific Northwest, are considered a seafood delicacy—although they’re mostly ...

OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their ...

Puget Sound shellfish growers are looking — with questions — to the North Olympic Peninsula to raise the world’s biggest burrowing clam. And state lawmakers are awaiting a state Department of Natural ...