Principal Investigator
Glenn VanBlaricom, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Co-Principal Investigators
David Armstrong, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Jeffrey Cornwell, University of Maryland, Horn Point Marine Laboratory
Tim Essington, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Roger Newell, University of Maryland, Horn Point Marine Laboratory
Project
Under legislative mandate, Washington Sea Grant undertook a large-scale, six-year multidisciplinary study of the ecological and biochemical effects of geoduck planting and harvest. In 2012 researchers investigated the effects of planting on benthic and sediment-surface fauna and the responses of fish and other mobile animals to the PVC tubes and nets installed to protect young geoducks.