Mussel beach: Belgium's recipe to fight erosion

Ostend, Belgium (AFP) Nov 28, 2023

Belgian mussels have long satisfied hungry diners, but an experiment is now underway to see if they can also protect Belgium's North Sea coast. The recipe no longer involves white wine broth and a bowl of salty fries, but an undersea reef barrier diverting currents from the sandy coastline. Six years ago, two Flemish scientific institutes joined forces with mussel growers in an experimen