Geoduck aquaculture | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-07-02

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00:01:17 1 History
00:04:02 2 Geoduck species and their distribution
00:05:10 3 Predators and diseases
00:06:13 4 Production methods
00:07:23 4.1 Collection of broodstock
00:08:05 4.2 Spawning method
00:08:31 4.3 Rearing of larvae
00:09:00 4.4 Growing-out method
00:10:00 4.5 Planting and seeding
00:11:38 4.6 Harvesting
00:12:14 4.7 Grading and packing
00:12:40 5 Economic importance
00:13:18 6 Major markets
00:13:54 7 Management of the industry
00:14:05 7.1 British Columbia
00:20:29 7.2 Washington State
00:26:51 8 Washington Sea Grant studies



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Geoduck aquaculture or geoduck farming is the practice of cultivating geoducks (specifically the Pacific geoduck, Panopea generosa) for human consumption. The geoduck is a large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk, that is native to the Pacific Northwest.
Juvenile geoducks are planted or seeded on the ocean floor or substrate within the soft intertidal and subtidal zones, then harvested five to seven years later when they have reached marketable size (about 1 kg or 2.2 lbs). They are native to the Pacific region and are found from Baja California, through the Pacific Northwest and Southern Alaska.Most geoducks are harvested from the wild, but because of state government-instituted limits on the amount that can be harvested, the need to grow geoducks in farms to meet an increasing demand has led to the growth of the geoduck aquaculture industry, particularly in Puget Sound, Washington. Geoduck meat is a prized delicacy in Asian cuisine; the majority of exports are sent to China (Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, are the main Chinese markets), Hong Kong and Japan.