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The
cycle of mussels cultivation is 8- 10 months long.
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Seed
mussels, young growing animals with a size of about 2 cm, is collected using a dipnet and placed in tubular nets (calze
or reste) characterized by small mesh. |
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Thus,
the calze are attached
on verticals ropes and poles.
During
August and September mussels are transferred to wider mesh
sleeves
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The
calze are then collected when they reach the weight of
20-30 kg each. |
Harvesting
of mussels for market requires that the product removed from
ropes is brought to a processing plant where it goes through
a purification cycle and... |

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...
microbiological
analysis ... |
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before
it can be bagged for sale. |

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