mussel

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Supriyanto, 32, is a green mussel trader and once bought from local fishermen who harvested the shellfish offshore.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

On Wednesday, they served a mussel dish with garlic confit and serrano chili developed by his breakfast sous chef.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

A particularly worrisome mussel species has entered North America for the first time through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — sparking what many are calling an immediate threat to California’s most significant watersheds.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

The seabed there contains carbon-storing muds, maerl beds and horse mussel reefs which form part of a rich and complex underwater ecosystem.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2024

Then he told me to feel the hook and slip the mussel bait over the barb.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor