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
  Stakeholder Announcement	22 Jul 2026	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	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

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (309.40 Kb)	22 Jul 2026
  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	Published on	Files
  Variation Response	07 Sep 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

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

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	24 Aug 2021	1 files

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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
  Surveillance report	16 Sep 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	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	21 May 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	10 Jun 2024	1 files

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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	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	31 May 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	12 Jun 2023	1 files

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