Harvesting Mussels In Ireland | National Geographic

less than 1m read

·Nov 11, 2024

[Music] Hi, I'm Katie and I'm Colleen, and we're the Chip Sisters.

Today, we're at Killer Yard, and we're learning how to harvest mussels in Ireland. [Music] Hilary Harper is a Ford located in the west of Ireland in Northern Connemara. Mussel farming started in Killary Harbour in the 1980s.

Situate on the majestic Killary Fjord is Killary Fewer Shellfish, a family-owned business. A fjord is classified as a narrow body of water with steep hills or mountains on three sides. [Music]

Heavy rainfall for that of the year brings all of the nutrients, which gives us a nice sweet taste for the mussels. [Music] The whole process takes two and a half years for harvesting time here. That is amazing!

And how far down? They're about eight meters deep. Wow! Before they're ready to cook, the mussels must first be put through an extensive cleaning and sorting process. These special machines clean seaweed, debris, and any unwelcome sea creatures from the mussels. [Music]

Of the 297 species of mussels, only 17 are edible entirely. [Music] [Music]

Homeroom with Sal & John Stankey - Tuesday, December 1

How to Make a Snare | Live Free or Die: DIY

View All

Exclusive: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Describes the War With the US and How to End It

Minister Le, thank you for doing this. Um, do you believe the United States and Russia are at war with each other right now? I wouldn’t say so, and uh, in any case, this is not what we want. Uh, we would like to have normal relations with all our neighbo…

HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale

So Brian, I’ve listened to a few of your podcasts, and on one of them, you described yourself as an introvert who likes to work from home. That being said, you’ve managed a public company. How do you mess those two things together? That’s a good question…

Overview of early Judaism part 2 | World History | Khan Academy

[Instructor] In the last video, we started with the story of the Patriarchs in Genesis. How Abraham settles his people in Canaan, but eventually they get enslaved in Egypt. According to the Old Testament, that enslavement lasts for over 500 years until we…

What is a pronoun? | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

Hello grammarians! We’re going to start talking about pronouns today, and of course that begins with the question: What are pronouns? Allow me to answer that question by way of a demonstration. Emma laughed so hard, milk came out of Emma’s nose. Zach lif…

Safari Live - Day 114 | National Geographic

And welcome to you from myself, Steve Falconbridge, joined by Fergus on camera. We are out in Toomer, in Sabi Sands, with degrees of 33 degrees Celsius and 89 degrees Fahrenheit. It is a nice warm day; the Sun is beating down. We have developed a bit of a…

Chimú 101 | National Geographic

(Gentle music) [Narrator] Before the Spanish conquest and before the Inca empire, one group created the most important South American civilization at the time, the Chimu. The Chimu civilization lasted almost half a millennium, from the year 1000 to aroun…

Harvesting Mussels In Ireland | National Geographic

More Articles