Mussel Spat Farmers NZ

Spat Supplies are one of the few companies in the world who collect wild green lipped mussel spat off the coast of New Zealand. To do this they use large loaders and drive these completely into the surf to collect the spat. This all has to be done with the utmost urgency when the tides, weather patterns and winds are all in the correct alignment. The starter motors on the loaders then fill with salt water which wrecks the wiring and bearings inside the starter. These starters have to be replaced after the collecting the spat as the old one is then useless and thrown away.