Muslingeriet Rope Grown Mussel Fishery

Assessments

The MSC Fisheries Standard is used to assess if a fishery is well-managed and sustainable. More about how the standard is used, what is assessed and the process.

Interested in contributing as a stakeholder? See how you can engage with a fishery assessment.

• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement = Open consultation	18 Jun 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Aug 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	10 Jun 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	21 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	07 Sep 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	12 Jun 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (143.64 Kb)	21 Apr 2022

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2552	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Miscellaneous Gear	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2551	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Traps: Spat collectors	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	22 Apr 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	22 Apr 2022	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	30 Mar 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	30 Mar 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	25 Feb 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	25 Feb 2022	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	12 Jan 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	23 Aug 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (120.51 Kb)	07 Sep 2021

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	23 Aug 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (258.67 Kb)	24 Aug 2021

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	23 Aug 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2552	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Miscellaneous Gear	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2551	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Traps: Spat collectors	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Jun 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2552	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Miscellaneous Gear	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2551	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Traps: Spat collectors	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Aug 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (249.91 Kb)	21 May 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (115.43 Kb)	10 Jun 2024

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2552	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Miscellaneous Gear	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2551	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Traps: Spat collectors	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Jun 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	07 Sep 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (237.18 Kb)	31 May 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (113.50 Kb)	12 Jun 2023

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