Washington State Shellfish Facts
- Washington ranks #1 in the nation in aquaculture
- Washington is the leading U.S. producer of farmed bivalves
- Total revenue from farmed oysters, clams, mussels, and geoduck in Washington State was $150M on 2013
- WSU Long Beach manages the Shellfish Pest Management website
Current IPM Priority Issues
Burrowing shrimp (a pest species that stirs up sediment, causing shellfish to sink and die)
Japanese eelgrass (an invasive aquatic weed)Contact
Kim Patten (pattenk@wsu.edu), Extension Professor and Director of Pacific County Extension, leads WSU’s shellfish program.