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Once they are mature, wild blue mussels live in beds in the area between high and low tides.
Once they are mature, wild blue mussels live in beds in the area between high and low tides. Researchers in Maine are investigating how to improve techniques for culturing mussels for food. Marine ecologist Brian Beal said, "At present, mussel farmers rely on wild settlement, which can be very spotty from year to year and from place to place."
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