The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has proposed rule changes for recreational clam, mussel, and oyster seasons, as well as increasing the size of harvestable cockles, and a reduction ...

Craig Welch's new book Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature’s Bounty tells the story of the geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck"), the world's largest burrowing clam. It also puts to ...

Geoducks can reach 14 pounds and live more than 150 years—so long that scientists use rings on the clams' shells to track climate change. Geoducks are broadcast spawners: several times a year, in late ...