brixham sea farms .

After a long consutation process we have at last obtained the consent to expand the farm site which when it is on stream , will aleviate the periods when we run out of mussels . Demand has been steadily increasing and we do run out of Brixham mussels at times, and have to wait for more mussels to grow to a marketable size . The two lads on the mussel harvester have been puting out ropes which have been seeded , and they report that the barrels which keep the longlines up are gradually sinking as the mussel seed grows . The rate of growth will ease of during the winter months and pick up again in the spring . To harvest the increased mussel load we have applied for an EU grant towards an Aquaculture Service Vessel which has been approved and we are .currently looking at two vessels which will meet the criteria .