DFO to open far more BC coastline to large scale geoduck farming
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Tyee] By Kristian Secher - July 17, 2014 -
Big, rude in appearance, and a delicacy sold for $80 a pound in some restaurants in Asia, the geoduck clam is a bonanza for those who raise it or gather it wild along British Columbia's coast.
DFO is about to let a lot more people in on the boom as the federal agency finalizes plans to greatly open up B.C. coastal areas to commercial geoduck farming.
In 2013 the estimated revenue of wild geoduck fisheries was $50 million, making it B.C.'s most profitable dive fishery.
Now there's a push to move towards aquaculture as shellfish growers want to get in on the lucrative market as well...(more)
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