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Kōrero: Aquaculture

Spat-catching frames

Spat-catching frames

The main source of green-lipped mussel spat is seaweed found cast ashore on Ninety Mile Beach, Northland. Spat can also be caught near mussel farms. These spat-catching rope frames are about to be hung out near an established mussel farm.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Maggy Wassilieff, Aquaculture – Green-lipped mussels, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4750/spat-catching-frames (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.

Comments

Zeena Pawlicki
04 July 2012
What a wonderful tasting mussel!!!! We were wondering why we only get these tasty mussels from November to March in our stores in western New York. I always have to stock up (leaving not much room in our freezer for other essentials)before the stores run out. Thank you, Zeena