Certifier : 
Control Union (UK) Limited
Certified status : 
Combined with another assessment

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.

Please note that the reassessment of this fishery is covered under Netherlands blue shell mussel (translocation, bottom & cultured) fishery.  

  • Recently uploaded documents
    Documents Published On Files
    Surveillance report 09 Apr 2020 1 files
    Surveillance audit announcement 08 Jan 2020 1 files
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template 01 Aug 2019 1 files
    Surveillance report 18 Apr 2019 1 files
    Surveillance audit announcement 17 Jan 2019 1 files
    Surveillance report 29 Mar 2018 1 files
    Surveillance audit announcement 19 Dec 2017 1 files
  • General Fishery Documents
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    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template PDF (187.04 Kb) 01 Aug 2019
  • Initial Assessment (started 2015)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1171 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Miscellaneous Gear 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 11 Feb 2016 1 files
    Public certification announcement 11 Feb 2016 1 files

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 22 Dec 2015 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 22 Dec 2015 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 08 Oct 2015 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 08 Oct 2015 1 files

    Client and peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 13 Aug 2015 1 files

    Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

    Documents Published on Files
    Site visit announcement 20 Mar 2015 1 files

    Defining the assessment tree

    Documents Published on Files
    Assessment tree announcement 03 Sep 2015 1 files
    Other Documents Published on Files
    Stakeholder Announcement: Clarification on the scoring of Performance Indicators 03 Sep 2015 1 files

    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed assessment team 09 Feb 2015 1 files
    Stakeholder announcement 10 Feb 2015 1 files
    Confirmation of assessment team 24 Mar 2015 1 files
    Other Documents Published on Files
    Other document: Change in Assessment Team 07 Jul 2015 1 files

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation 10 Feb 2015 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2020)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1171 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Miscellaneous Gear 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 08 Jan 2020 1 files
    Surveillance report 09 Apr 2020 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2019)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1171 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Miscellaneous Gear 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 17 Jan 2019 1 files
    Surveillance report 18 Apr 2019 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2017)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1171 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Miscellaneous Gear 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 19 Dec 2017 1 files
    Surveillance report 29 Mar 2018 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2017)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1171 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Miscellaneous Gear 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 09 Feb 2017 1 files
    Surveillance report 09 May 2017 1 files