Moules-frites and moules mariniere will be largely consigned to the pages of culinary history by the end of the century, scientists have predicted.

The increasing acidity of the oceans due to climate change means that farming or fishing for mussels will be commercially unviable by 2100.

Researchers at Washington University in Seattle have established that a mussel’s ability to grip to a rock or rope is dependent on the acidity of the surrounding sea.