JANET Finch-Saunders MS, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, is calling on Welsh Government and the public to help save the last wild mussel bed in the United Kingdom.
Conwy Mussels are hand-raked from where they naturally form on the seabed.
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They are larger in size, meatier and have a distinctive taste that rope grown mussels just don’t possess.
Janet Finch-Saunders with Trevor and Thomas Jones, Conwy Mussels.
Unlike modern dredging, which can damage the fish, the way the mussel men of Conwy gather is completely natural.
Conwy mussels.
90 fishermen worked on the Conwy River fishing for mussels. The number has dwindled to one family, headed by father and son, Trevor and Thomas Jones.
After visiting Trevor and Tom, Janet said: “Sadly, the beds are in a terrible state, so the last wild mussel bed in Wales and the UK could be lost.
“The end of mussel harvesting in Conwy would be a cultural and environmental blow.
“Many authors have argued that carbon stored in shells represents a long‐term store, so by helping save Conwy mussels, we would be combating climate change.
“The future is not just down to the state. The public should use its purchasing power to buy Conwy mussels.
"They are delicious!”
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