Artemisium Strait, North Evia, Greece

Shaped by the strait.

Mediterranean mussels grown on long-lines in the Artemisium Strait. We sell wholesale to distributors, fish markets, hotels and restaurants.

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Position
39°N · 23°E
Annual yield
~300 t
To Athens
< 24 h
Athens time
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The family

Our family has farmed mussels in the Artemisium Strait for three generations. The current here is strong and it never stops, so the mussels feed on whatever the sea brings past them. We let them grow slowly and we add nothing.

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The place

Why we farm
in the strait.

The Artemisium Strait runs between North Evia and the mainland. It has one of the strongest currents in this part of the Aegean, so the water around our lines is replaced all day and all night.

39°N23°E CURRENT → LONG-LINE ARRAYS ARTEMISIUM STRAIT

The current renews the water around our lines around the clock. The mussels never sit in still water.

Moving water carries more dissolved oxygen, which helps mussels grow firm, full and clean.

The strait brings minerals and plankton past the lines. The mussels filter it themselves. We add nothing.

The area is stable and protected, and ropes hung in open water suit it well.

The waters of the Artemisium Strait
Fig. 01 The water, North Evia

How we farm

From the water
to your door.

Mussel cultivation in the strait
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Stage 01

Long-line cultivation

Young mussels grow on ropes hung in open water. They feed by filtering the sea, so there is no artificial feed.

Stage 02

Daily checks

We check the water every day: temperature, salinity and oxygen.

Stage 03

Selective harvest

We lift the lines when the mussels are mature and check each batch for size, cleanliness and shell condition.

Stage 04

Dispatch

Cleaned, packed and in Athens within 24 hours, kept cold the whole way.

The farm

Out on
the water.

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The Artemisium Strait at dusk
01Artemisium Strait
Dark Aegean water
02Aegean Waters
Waves breaking off North Evia
03North Evia
Open sea at sunset
04Open Sea
Aerial view of the shoreline
05The Shoreline
A boat on the water at night
06Night on the Water

Partnership

Wholesale supply
you can plan around.

We supply distributors, fish markets, hotels and restaurants in Greece and abroad. We prefer long-term arrangements, so we plan volumes with you ahead of each season.

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We reply within a day.

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02   Weekly volume  500 kg
50 kg5 t
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Contact

Let’s talk.

Email mediterramf@gmail.com
Telephone +30 698 409 2007
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