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How have mussel farmers managed to survive the COVID crisis? Premium retail has thrown them a lifeline. "Our business was significantly affected by the COVID pandemic last March, because obviously in the initial stages of COVID, everything shut down quite suddenly, there was no movement," says John Harrington, the managing director of Kush Seafarms. "Now, as we've got into this coming season, things are better in that, not every place is completely frozen up because of it. Restaurants are opening in one country, they're shut in another country, and the demand is kind of come up for the produc...

Kush Seafarms is Ireland's leading producer of organic shellfish. This family-run company in Kenmare Bay in the country's picturesque south-west started as a pastime in the early 1980s. Two local teachers, John Harrington and his brother decided to try a curious new project -- mussel farming. They now produce about a thousand tons of rope mussels.
 "This area is unique. It's chiselled out valleys from the time of the Ice Age, so you wind up with very deep water sheltered by mountains behind, which is ideal for suspended culture," explains managing director of Kush Seafarms, John Harrington....

Environmentally Sustainable Practices of Irish Aquaculture Focus of Documentary to Air in December 11th December 2020 Environmentally sustainable practices of Irish aquaculture focus of documentary to air in December The sustainable practices of the Irish aquaculture industry will form the focus of a Euronews documentary being broadcast later this month. Richard Donnelly, Salmon and Shellfish Manager, BIM and John Harrington, Kush Shellfish were interviewed as part of the documentary to tell the story of Irish organic mussels. Aquaculture production was valued at €172million to the Irish ...