Singer Anthony Chaplain composes a song in homage to endangered Côtes-d'Armor mussels

The bouchot mussel is threatened on the northern Breton coast, victim of the voracity of the spider. To support mussel farmers in great difficulty, singer Anthony Chaplain wrote a song called La Belle de labay. With the added bonus of a clip whose filming ended on December 20 in Andel (Côtes d'Armor).

He had a great success almost twenty years ago with his title Marie La Dondaine. Anthony Chaplain returns for a good cause, that of mussel farmers facing a real scourge: the invasion of sea spiders.

These devour their productions on the bouchots piles. For 5 years, 50 to 80% loss on certain farms in the bay of La Fresnaye or Saint-Brieuc. In its new title, The Beauty of the Baythe Costa Rican singer salutes an entire profession.

“By going on a barge for the first time three weeks ago, I learned about all this. I didn't know why we put yellow nets on the stakes, I didn't know all thatadmits Anthony Chaplain. These are people who are extremely kind and simple and who work like dogs. I wanted to put them in the spotlight.“

To accompany the song, a clip has just been filmed near the beach of Bonabri in Hillion (Côtes-d'Armor) and the Rade'O bar in Andel. With the participation of the comedian Laurent Chandemerle but also of the first concerned, the mussel producers.

“It brings balm to the heart as they say, confides Christopher Bailly, mussel grower in Hillion. We immediately signed on to the project. It's a pleasure for the profession and for colleagues, for all mussel farmers in fact.”

The director of the clip Nicolas Guillou agrees: “illustrated by Anthony who is someone who is attached to the territory like me, being with [les producteurs de moules]… It's true that seeing the profession that they defend, it's true that these are values ​​that we really need to support.”

With Fabrice Leroy.

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