Guardian Camera Club: MattMiciak on workplace photography
off to work In the boat, of to the mussel farm! Photograph: MattMiciak/Flickrstrip. Stripping the ropes by hand. Photograph: MattMiciak/Flickrthrow. Throwing the bags of mussels from the boat to the pickup, ready for the next stage of processing. The bags weigh 25kg plus! Photograph: MattMiciak/Flickr
ropes in. The mussels grow on ropes which are lifted in using a crane. Photograph: MattMiciak/Flickrpicking. Any shell or unwanted material is picked out then the mussel is bagged. Photograph: MattMiciak/Flickrcochon. The mussels go in a'cochon' machine to be cleaned. Photograph: MattMiciak/Flickr
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