Talk about rolling the dice. I like mussels, but those are a little too expensive. I'll wait up top, hand them up. That certainly is a different life they're living up there.
Thanks
Very interesting

Kidd

Where do the get the garlic, butter and lemon?
I love mussels but I'll just pick mine up at Costco.
It was a very cool video though. I had no idea.

That was awesome. Not sure I would feel comfortable down there but cool none the less.

These appear different than those I pulled off rocks. These seem to have no byssus (sic?) ....the hairlike fibers that attach the mussel to a substrate (like a rock). The collectors seem to effortlessly pull the shellfish from the floor.....attached to nothing. Anyone advise on this??

Those mussels appeared to be attached to the kelp or seaweed rather than the rocks as I too have seen before. Possibly in this area where tides are so extreme they attach to a mobile item like seaweed rather than the rocks to avoid being left so high and dry in these huge 40' tidal shifts. (?)
Just my take on it Conifer.