Thames cockle dredge

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
  Public Comment Draft Report	21 Apr 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement = Open consultation	21 Apr 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Feb 2025	1 files
  Proposed peer reviewers	08 Jan 2025	1 files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	31 Oct 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	31 Oct 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	31 Oct 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (218.08 Kb)	20 Aug 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (115.79 Kb)	01 Aug 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (244.15 Kb)	30 Jul 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (178.20 Kb)	08 Jan 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (134.82 Kb)	29 Aug 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: New information period	PDF (108.12 Kb)	17 Dec 2018

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	21 Apr 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	21 Apr 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	08 Jan 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	31 Oct 2024	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	31 Oct 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	31 Oct 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	30 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	03 Dec 2019	1 files
  Public certification report	03 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	05 Sep 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	05 Sep 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	15 Jul 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	15 Jul 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Oct 2018	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	16 Mar 2018	1 files
  Use of the RBF	16 Mar 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	16 Aug 2019	1 files
  Assessment timeline	29 Oct 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	31 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Feb 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Oct 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Jan 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Sep 2022	2 files
  Surveillance report	19 Dec 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Dec 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Mar 2021	1 files

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