AFP通信さんのインスタグラム写真 - (AFP通信Instagram)「Climate change gets in the way of French oyster culture⁣ ⁣ Rising sea temperatures due to climate change are forcing oyster farmers in France's southwest to take a break from summer maturation, traditionally a key step in the production of the tasty molluscs.⁣ Starting next year, producers in Marennes Oleron, France's biggest oyster bay, will no longer be able to steep oysters in shallow clay beds in salt marshes, known as "claires", during the summer months.⁣ Oyster farmers in this region traditionally keep oysters in the oyster beds for the final weeks before their sale, a treatment that gives them a less salty and iodic taste than if they had come straight from the sea, and earns them the "fine" label, recognised by the EU's protected geographical indication (PGI) category.⁣ But climate change is negating the effects of the oyster beds.⁣ Scientists have found that because of fast-evaporating water, the salt concentration has become too high between early June and late August, leading to the ban during those months.⁣ Human consumption of oysters, which are animals, goes back thousands of years. They come in a wide variety of flavours and textures depending on water salinity, alkalinity, mineral content and nutrition.⁣ ⁣ 1 - View of an oyster park along the Seudre river in Marennes, south-western France.⁣ ⁣ 2 -> 4 - Employees drop crates of oysters in oyster beds for maturing in Marennes.⁣ ⁣ 5 - Crates of oysters mature in an oyster bed in Marennes.⁣ ⁣ 6 - An employee separates aggregated oysters ahead of their calibration and packaging in baskets at the Chiron oyster-farming company in L'Eguille.⁣ ⁣ 7 - A weighing device calibrates oysters ahead of their packaging in baskets.⁣ ⁣ 8 - An employee rinses oysters ahead of their packaging in baskets.⁣ ⁣ 9 - View of oysters in crates ahead of their packaging in baskets.⁣ ⁣ 10 - An employee places oysters in a box during packaging.⁣ ⁣ 📷 Christophe ARCHAMBAULT ⁣ #AFPPhoto」11月29日 21時00分