A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental concerns. Taylor Shellfish requested a permit for the proposed ...

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 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Pyke Johnson loves his beachfront home near the end of Johnson Point in Olympia. “It’s the best neighborhood I’ve ever lived in in my life,” said Johnson from the Henderson Inlet ...

May will be a fateful month for the long-proposed Burley Lagoon Geoduck Farm. Three public meetings will position permit approval/denial recommendations, one of which is among the few remaining ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- An investor, a fisherman and a shellfish farmer hope to stake their claim by becoming Alaska's biggest geoduck producers. Investor Jim Redfield, who is based near San Jose, Calif., ...

The question of whether a longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley Lagoon, a body of saltwater that connects under the Purdy Bay Bridge to ...

PURDY, Wash. -- Geoducks are one of the state's most iconic shellfish and worldwide demand is growing. However, people who live around Burley Lagoon, the perfect place for geoducks to thrive, aren't ...

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 ...

HARSTINE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — John King plunges his arm up to his shoulder into the mudflats of Puget Sound, roots around and soon pulls from the muck the world’s largest burrowing clam. The mollusk ...

Oyster Bill Whitbeck is the Seattle area restaurant sales manager for Taylor Shellfish Farms - the largest producer of farmed shellfish in the United States. He believes oyster farmers were the first ...

The question of whether the longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer.