Mussels as Low-Footprint Protein: The Fine Print Behind “Sustainable”
At Penn Cove, the romance of seafood starts like so many industrial miracles do: with a schedule. Harvest runs early Sunday through Thursday when mussels hit market size at roughly 12–14 months old. On the barge, they’re washed, graded, weighed, and bagged against that day’s orders, then offloaded into refrigerated trucks that roll out at…
