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Article: Geoduck bonanza; Northwest tribes find big demand in Hong Kong, China for big clam.(BUSINESS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 10, 1997
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Joseph Bagley speaks with the hesitancy of a man who has been disappointed before. A fisherman most of his life, the Suquamish Indian has watched the salmon harvest - and his bank account - swing from feast to famine, year after year.
But standing on the deck of the Silver Mist on a chilly Northwest morning, he finds it hard not to feel hopeful.
"It's the best job I've ever had," Bagley said, peeling off his dripping wet suit.
The reason for his optimism is found 60 feet below his aging fish-packing boat, in the form of what is surely one of Earth's ugliest creatures.
The geoduck, a giant burrowing clam, has emerged as an unlikely ...