Geoduck is a type of clam native to the Pacific Northwest pronounced "gooey-duck". If you can get past its appearance, it has a very sweet and salty ocean flavor. Mollusks are a popular seafood to breed for Aquaculture, starting by taking adult specimens from the ocean into a hatchery. Once babies have grown, they look a bit like little seeds. This is when they are typically moved out to somewhere like a floating raft and held in net pens to continue growing. Once an appropriate size, which can take about a year, they are sorted using a screen and transferred to the sandy beach to finish growing. Techniques may vary slightly (like where the mollusks settle to grow) based on species (mussel, clam, oyster, scallop...). Geoduck is a type of clam native to the Pacific Northwest pronounced "gooey-duck". If you can get past its appearance, it has a very sweet and salty ocean flavor. Mollusks are a popular seafood to breed for Aquaculture, starting by taking adult specimens from the ocean into a hatchery. Once babies have grown, they look a bit like little seeds. This is when they are typically moved out to somewhere like a floating raft and held in net pens to continue growing. Once an appropriate size, which can take about a year, they are sorted using a screen and transferred to the sandy beach to finish growing. Techniques may vary slightly (like where the mollusks settle to grow) based on species (mussel, clam, oyster, scallop...).