(18 Aug 2024)
CROATIA SHELLFISH
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Brijesta lagoon, Mali Ston Bay, Croatia – 31 July 2024
1.Various of shellfish farmer Zdravko Lasic riding on a motorboat around his shellfish farm in Brijesta lagoon
2. Empty shells, partially empty ropes underwater at shellfish farm
3. Moving shot of surface of water, floating markers
4. Lasic standing on the boat, looking at his shellfish farm
5. Empty shells, partially empty ropes underwater
6. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Zdravko Lasic, shellfish farmer:
"This season we are confronted with a massive death of mussels, unprecedented. We can’t say for sure how and why it happened, but we are convinced that the high sea temperatures are what killed them. Prolonged high sea temperatures are probably what caused this massacre of mussels.”
7. Gloved hand pulling out a rope with mussels from under the sea, empty shells falling off the rope
8. Various of ropes with mussels being pulled out to the boat
9. Lasic inspecting a rope with empty shells on his boat
10. Close of Lasic’s hand removing empty shells from the rope
11. Close of cluster of empty shells of the rope
12.SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Zdravko Lasic, shellfish farmer:
“See for yourself, many shells are empty, shrivelled and died and now they are falling (off the ropes). These were mature mussels that we were supposed to sell this year.”
13. Gloved hands cracking open an empty mussel shell
14. Hands handling rope full of empty shells
15. Underwater shot of empty shells falling off a rope
16. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Zdravko Lasic, shellfish farmer:
“What is particularly concerning is that for the first time we find ourselves in the situation where the heat is killing all generations (of mussels), including the tiniest ones. Seed mussels used to always survive, but now, if the sea warming does not stop, if the sea does not cool down a bit, we worry that we won’t have enough seed mussels and that they won’t grow to marketable size for next year.”
17. Lasic sitting on his boat, looking at ropes with empty shells
18. Close of a cluster of empty shells
19. Lasic navigating the boat around his shellfish farm
20. Various of shellfish farm
21. Platform in water in shellfish farm
22.Two women standing on platform cleaning shells
23. Lasic driving his boat past the platform
24. Close of sea surface
25. Various of ropes with empty mussel shells on the moving boat
26. Sun reflecting on the water’s surface
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Dubrovnik – 31July 2024
27. Exterior of the University of Dubrovnik
28. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ana Bratos Cetinic, associate professor in the Department of Aquaculture of the Dubrovnik University:
“What is clear is that in the past two weeks the sea temperatures (in parts of Croatia) were well above the average values for this time of year. In parts of the Mali Ston bay, specifically in the Brijesta lagoon which is quite shallow, sea temperatures were very high.”
29. Exterior of the University of Dubrovnik main entrance
30. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ana Bratos Cetinic, associate professor in the Department of Aquaculture of the Dubrovnik University:
“Studies, including the most recent ones, have consistently shown that mussels are highly sensitive to heat and cannot survive water temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius for more than three days, which is likely what happened in the Mali Ston bay.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brijesta lagoon, Mali Ston Bay, Croatia – 31 July 2024
31. Close of pile of shells
32. Various of two shellfish farmers unloading crates from their boat
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