The mussel men were after the mother-of-pearl layers found inside the shells, and factories sprang up in communities including Mishawaka, Lawrenceburg, Leavenworth, Madison and Shoals to feed the ...

The study found that the removal of ribbed mussels by feral hogs reduced the amount of biomass in the marsh by 50%. In addition, the marshes recovered three times slower, and a disturbance ...

What is the proper way to eat a mussel? “When you’re served a big, aromatic bowl of mussels in their shells, the only way to tackle them is hands-on,” Nims says. Here’s how to dig in.

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New research shows that mussels from several East Coast locations, though not yet Massachusetts, have shells speckled with tiny holes — far more than the mussels of yesteryear.

King prefers wild mussel shells, rather than the cultivated kind, for their thickness. "If you find them on a rocky beach where there's a lot of wear and tear, the mussel shell actually thickens up.

Because mud is where the mussels are. Tweitmann, a coastal restoration ecologist with Mass Audubon, had come to a salt marsh in Rowley, Massachusetts, to hunt for a creature called the ribbed mussel.

Grinding Mussel Shells Into Calcium Carbonate Offers High-value Waste Solution Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 11:03 am Press Release: Ministry For Primary Industries ...