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Mussels have been cultivated for almost 800 years and have been used as a food source for more than 20,000 years. In North America, 80% of cultured mussels are produced in Prince Edward Island in Canada. Cultured mussels are grown in mesh stockings that are suspended from longlines (ropes) in the water. Because they never touch the ocean bottom and grow quickly, cultured mussels taste sweeter, are more tender, are plumper, are free of grit and have a higher meat yield than their wild counterp (...)