By Sally Ho And Manuel Valdes SUQUAMISH, Wash. (AP) \u2014 For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for an unusually phallic clam that\u2019s coveted thousands of miles away. George is a geoduck diver. Pronounced \u201cgooey-duck,\u201d the world\u2019s largest burrowing clam has been harvested in tidelands by George\u2019s Indigenous ancestors in the Pacific Northwest since before Europeans arrived. In recent years it has also become a delicacy in China, with Washington state sending 90% of its geoducks there, creating a niche yet lucrative American seafood export. But the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is now crippling an entire industry that hand-harvests geoducks, leaving Washington state divers without work, Seattle exporters without business and Chinese aficionados… <\/p>\n
By Sally Ho And Manuel Valdes SUQUAMISH, Wash. (AP) \u2014 For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for an unusually phallic clam that\u2019s coveted thousands of miles away. George is a geoduck diver. Pronounced \u201cgooey-duck,\u201d the world\u2019s largest burrowing clam has been harvested in tidelands by George\u2019s Indigenous ancestors in the Pacific Northwest since before Europeans arrived. In recent years it has also become a delicacy in China, with Washington state sending 90% of its geoducks there, creating a niche yet lucrative American seafood export. But the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is now crippling an entire industry that hand-harvests geoducks, leaving Washington state divers without work, Seattle exporters without business and Chinese aficionados... <\/p>\n