France, Somme (80), Baie de Somme, Quend-Plage, Mussel farmers harvest bouchot mussels, the pre-washing is the last operation before the return; the two tractors are placed side by side and a pump is installed to feed the washer and to serve as a water jet; the mussel boxes are emptied one by one into the machine which eliminates a large part of the oversized mussels, barnacles (small white shells stuck on them), algae, broken mussels, On leaving the machine, the harvest is again placed in boxes

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