Schleswig-Holstein blue shell mussel

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	24 Oct 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delayed announcement	21 Jun 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Feb 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Nov 2023	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	01 Jun 2022	1 files
  Public certification report	01 Jun 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	01 Jun 2022	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delayed announcement	PDF (136.18 Kb)	21 Jun 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delayed announcement	PDF (115.97 Kb)	14 Jun 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (124.67 Kb)	08 Mar 2022
  Variation Request	PDF (196.10 Kb)	03 Mar 2022
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (127.23 Kb)	12 Jul 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	01 Jun 2022	1 files
  Public certification report	01 Jun 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (129.14 Kb)	01 Jun 2022

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	09 May 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	09 May 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	06 Apr 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report	06 Apr 2022	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	17 Nov 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	18 Aug 2021	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	17 Sep 2021	2 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	18 Aug 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	31 Jan 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Feb 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	19 Oct 2016	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Oct 2016	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	06 Oct 2016	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	06 Oct 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (76.21 Kb)	15 Sep 2016
  Variation Response	PDF (194.40 Kb)	15 Sep 2016

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	21 Jun 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	14 Apr 2016	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	02 Dec 2015	1 files
  Use of the RBF	02 Dec 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (252.75 Kb)	19 Jan 2016
  Variation Response	PDF (186.89 Kb)	09 Feb 2016

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	03 Dec 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Aug 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Nov 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	04 Feb 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Aug 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Mar 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 Jun 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Site visit date change	PDF (243.69 Kb)	26 Mar 2019

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1284	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1285	Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)	Dredges - Boat dredges	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Feb 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 May 2018	2 files

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