Collecting cockles

When I explored the area with my ebike today, I spotted some people at the beach looking for things in the shallow water.

It turned out that they were looking for cockles.

In France, anyone can harvest the fruits of the sea, from oysters to razor clams. "Fishing on foot" is the name of a popular Breton sport that allows you to feast for free. At low tide, the shores are transformed into a kind of self-service paradise. The receding water exposes rocks, mudflats and algae, the habitats of numerous shellfish and seafood, from oysters to lobsters and crayfish to razor clams and clams.

If you follow a few rules, you can legally pick these delicacies from the sand and rocks. The sea is a public space in France and anyone can collect mussels from its shores for their own use. Only the quantity of each edible seafood that may be harvested and its minimum size are laid down - like the fish for anglers - in accordance with the guidelines on land use and sea fishing.

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