MOSSS (Menai Offshore Subsurface Shellfish Sampling) PROJECT
The Menai Offshore Subsurface Shellfish Systems (MOSSS) project is a research and innovation project led by Bangor University with collaboration and support from the shellfish industry in North Wales to develop sustainable shellfish culture techniques. For more information click here.
Here I present my experiences as a volunteer research assistant - each photo is a different activity undertaken.
Mussels collected from an offshore rope sample used to gain a 10% biomass yield.
Diatoms under a microscope.
Dinoflagellate under microscope.
Cooked female pea crabs after extracting mussel meat for meat yield test.
Male (Brown) and female (white/red) pea crabs and a common shore crab found during mussel meat yields. Pea crabs found within mussels - male and female together indicate breeding.
Menai Bridge, Ocean sciences Prince Madog research vessel. Mute swans.
Friendly mute swan.
Interesting specimens found during mussel rope sampling. some species include: Polychaete worm, edible crab, shore crab, squat lobster, scallops.
