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CASHING IN ON GEODUCKS ONCE CHOWDER FODDER, THE GIANT CLAM CAN FETCH UP TO $24 A POP.(News)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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August 21, 2004| Author:
Mcdonald, Colin
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Byline: COLIN McDONALD P-I reporter
ALLYN -- In sand-crusted hip waders and a soaked T-shirt, Michael Booth crawled across the cultivated tidal flats of North Bay, dragging an industrial water gun.
Hose in hand, Booth shot holes in the sand, in hot pursuit of Puget Sound's hottest cash crop: geoducks.
Spotting the tip of a creamy white neck, Booth pounced. He blasted a narrow, 3-foot-deep pit and reached in. His face almost to the mud, he grabbed...