California Mussel Drawing
Currently mussels should only be collected for non consumptive uses for example fish bait.
California mussel drawing. But mussels cant take over completelyother predators such as lobsters crabs and sea stars eat them in areas where waves dont pound as hard. Algae barnacles and others use the cleared living space. The california mussel attaches to rocks by fibers called byssal threads. These threads are produced in liquid form by the byssal gland.
California mussels continue to be harvested as sources of both food and bait up and down the pacific coast of north america. The flesh of the california mussel tends to be orange in color. They can be baked boiled or fried like other mussels clams and oysters. All the best mussel drawing 38 collected on this page.
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