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Hi Ron, Andrew and others.
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I think I misunderstood the article, and they were talking about the west coast not PEI!
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It is hard to find in the 1934 Guardian of 11 April on Page 6 and hard to read.
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There is sometimes other nature stories of interest.
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Sorry about that - We'll need settle for Bar Clams for supper!
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Enjoy the winter
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Paul
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On January 7, 2016 at 10:12 PM Ronald Arsenault <rongarsenault@gmail.com> wrote:
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It seems rather unlikely, though as Andrew suggests, perhaps not impossible.  There is no history of food use in eastern North America (and very little in western NA?) and the Canadian fishery only started in 1976 (
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/statistics-and-market-information/by-product-sector/fish-and-seafood/fish-and-seafood-canadian-industry/fact-sheets/geoduck/?id=1383327534939), with most of the harvest exported to Asian countries. I believe the American fishery is only a few years older.  To my knowledge, the species is not listed in faunal lists of the region, nor is it listed as an introduced species (see: JAMES T. CARLTON 1992, INTRODUCED MARINE AND ESTUARINE MOLLUSKS OF NORTH AMERICA: AN END-OF-THE-20TH-CENTURY PERSPECTIVE, Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol. 11. No. 2. 489-505).  
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Given the above, I find it quite unlikely that a specimen of this species was found in Summerside Harbour.
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I understand the Atlantic Geoduct is a Gulf of Mexico species (see: 
http://iobis.org/mapper/?taxon=Panopea%20bitruncata)
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 8:42 PM, Hebda, Andrew J
<span><Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca></span> wrote:
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<br/> Do you have the full paper reference?
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<br/> I know that in the last century there were attempts made to introduce species  from one side of the continent to the other (aside from sports fish) so there is always an outside chance, unless the name referred to another species.
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<br/> Hi All
<br/> I saw in a 1934 paper on the Internet where
<br/> Geoduck Clams were found in Summerside Harbour
<br/> during a very low tide. I never heard of them but found
<br/> on the internet they are a west coast clam.
<br/> How accurate this report was I have no way of knowing!
<br/> Has anyone heard of them in the Maritimes?
<br/> Enjoy the winter but not clam digging!
<br/> Paul
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