France, Somme (80), Baie de Somme, Quend-Plage, Mussel farmers harvest bouchot mussels, the coir ropes used for natural spat collection are cut and wrapped around the freshly harvested bouchot to ensure the next harvest; the spat are secured with a nail at one end and a rubber band at the other

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