The Clallam County Coroner’s Office plans an autopsy. The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. CPR was continued by Port Angeles Fire Department personnel while en route as well as at Olympic Medical Center until Gockerell was pronounced dead. Gockerell’s crewmates and officers with the state Department of Natural Resources, who were on scene to supervise the geoduck harvesting, struggled to pull Gockerell loose.Īfter about two minutes, Gockerell was freed and brought aboard the 32-foot aluminum commercial fishing boat, Keegan said.ĬPR was performed as the boat took Gockerell from the Dungeness West geoduck tract, which is about 6.5 miles east of the Coast Guard Station on Ediz Hook, to the Port Angeles Marina. John Keegan in the press release.Ĭrew members said Gockerell signaled to his crew that his surface-supplied air umbilical cord was “unable to clear.” The crew interpreted that as Gockerell’s umbilical cord was entangled in debris, Keegan said. Peninsula Communications received a 9-1-1 call about a commercial diver in distress at about 8:30 a.m., said Sgt. at Olympic Medical Center (OMC) in Port Angeles after unsuccessful attempts to revive him, according to a press release received at 5:27 p.m. The geoduck is native to the coastal waters of western Canada and the northwest United States. The common name is derived from the Lushootseed word gdq. A Pacific geoduck is a species of huge saltwater invertebrate or a clam that belongs to the family of Hiatellidae. The geoduck species originally ranges from the coastal waters of western Canada and the northwest US. In this way, they serve as the proverbial “canaries in the coal mine.PORT ANGELES - A Port Angeles diver died Wednesday morning after his air umbilical cord apparently became entangled while he was geoduck harvesting east of town, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said.Īnthony Gockerell, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:46 a.m. The Pacific geoduck is a species of very large saltwater clam in the family Hiatellidae. The common name for geoduck, i.e., Geoduck clam is derived from the Lushootseed word gdq. Since they are incredibly sensitive to changes in water quality, any decline in mussel populations often serve as an indicator of larger water quality issues in a watershed. Mussels are filter feeders, removing particulate matter from the water and cleaning up to 15 gallons a day! They also help stabilize stream channels. Freshwater mussels are not only beautiful and fascinating creatures, but also play important roles in promoting water quality.
The Duck’s freshwater mussel populations specifically represent some of the richest and most diverse in the world. Many of these species are federally listed as threatened or endangered and several occur nowhere else on earth. It also supports 60 freshwater mussel species and 22 species of aquatic snails.
A more practical outing for geoducks will be on days where the tide is -3.0 and lower as you will have more time to look for and dig. Finding and digging geoducks can take a considerable amount of time. 2.0 should be considered the minimum required. The Duck River contains more species of fish than all of the rivers of Europe combined and has more fish varieties per mile than any other river in North America. Check the tide: Geoducks can usually start to be found at tidal depths of -2.0 and lower.
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