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Farmed mussels on longlines

Green-lipped mussels growing on longline underwater in NZ.

Green-lipped mussels growing on longlines on a New Zealand mussel farm. The longline technique was modified by early mussel farmers in New Zealand from a Japanese technique for growing oysters. Virtually all farmed mussels in New Zealand are now grown in this way.

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