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Kōrero: Nelson region

Greenshell mussels

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Greenshell mussels

Aquaculture scientist Nick King of the Cawthron Institute holds Greenshell mussels – a different family in each hand – at the institute’s hatchery at The Glen, near Nelson, in 2006. The Cawthron Institute is a world leader in selectively breeding shellfish for characteristics such as faster growth, resilience to stress, improved survival rates, and shell shape and colour.

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Cawthron Institute

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Carl Walrond, Nelson region – Arts, culture and science, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28981/greenshell-mussels (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 September 2010, updated 1 August 2015.

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Te Ara
02 December 2010
The prow has more information here: http://www.theprow.org.nz/the-cawthron-institute/