Germany Lower Saxony mussel dredge and mussel culture

Last Updated: 1 March 2012
Number of fisheries: 1

Species

Blue mussel (mytilus edulis)

MSC assessment status

The Conformity Assessment Body, Food Certification International Ltd., has proposed 3 peer reviewers for the review of the Draft German Lower Saxony mussel dredge and mussel culture fishery Assessment Report.

 If you wish to provide feedback on the proposed peer reviewers, please contact Joanna Kabut no later than  5pm GMT, 10 March 2012.

Please refer to the assessment downloads for further information.

Fishery location

Wadden Sea - primarily around Niedersachsen / Lower Saxony part of ICES Area IVb in FAO Statistical Area 27.

Fishing method

Mussel dredge and suspended ropes and nets

Commercial market

The Netherlands

Assessment timeline

The assessment process is expected to take 12 months and is scheduled for completion around September 2012. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.

The target eligibility date for this fishery is the 1 June 2012.

The MSC ecolabel can only be applied to product from certified fisheries. The MSC program does allow, in certain circumstances and within strict traceability requirements, the MSC ecolabel to be applied following certification to product caught before the actual date of certification. The target eligibility date therefore represents the date from which products may become eligible to carry the MSC ecolabel, however they cannot be sold until and if the fishery is certified. The actual eligibility date will be determined if the fishery is certified to the MSC standard.

To find out more about when fish from this fishery may be sold with the MSC ecolabel, please follow this link (http://www.msc.org/get-certified/supply-chain/eligibility-dates).

Tonnage of the fishery

Approx 3,400 tonnes in 2009-2010