Comments on: The Curious Case of a Gigantic Sham Clam http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/01/geoduck-clam-chinese-new-year/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Wed, 15 May 2013 14:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Puget Sound http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/01/geoduck-clam-chinese-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-14877 Puget Sound Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:12:27 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=11159#comment-14877 Something more significant to chew on: The Chinese craving for the clam is transforming Puget Sound's tidelands. Tidelands stripped of native species. 40,000 PVC pipes per acre to grow them. Sediments liquefied to a 3' depth "harvest" them. All to satisfy the wealthiest in China. protectourshorelinenews.blogspot.com/ Something more significant to chew on: The Chinese craving for the clam is transforming Puget Sound’s tidelands. Tidelands stripped of native species. 40,000 PVC pipes per acre to grow them. Sediments liquefied to a 3′ depth “harvest” them. All to satisfy the wealthiest in China.
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]]> By: Philip http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/01/geoduck-clam-chinese-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-14854 Philip Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:04:39 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=11159#comment-14854 Fascinating story !..It sounds like they are not endangered in spite of their value ...Perhaps Pismo Clams can someday be restored to their former abundance on California beaches. Fascinating story !..It sounds like they are not endangered in spite of their value …Perhaps Pismo Clams can someday be restored to their former abundance on California beaches.

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