date:Apr 11, 2013
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Mussel yields are affected by the amount of nutrients in the water column and vary year on year, but industry sources are saying that this is the worst year they can remember.
Mr Allsopp said there was an additional cost in bringing the mussels from the Coromandel but the company wanted to maintain continuity of work and supply.
We'll keep ticking on for another four or five weeks and then hopefully swing back into some local product when it fattens up.
The company had 35-40 workers who