Our new fisheries hub shines a light on the fisheries across the UK and ROI working tirelessly to provide MSC certified seafood to retailers and restaurants at home and overseas.
From Shetland’s crabs to Ireland’s mussels, and from the Dee’s cockles to Cornwall’s sardines, fisheries from across the UK and Ireland are committed to ensuring that fish stocks are managed sustainably with minimal impacts on the wider marine environment. Their efforts are helping to safeguard seafood supplies for this and future generations.
Read on to learn more about each fishery’s journey to certification, find out where to buy UK and Irish seafood with the blue ecolabel, and get your hands on the latest mouth-watering recipes!
Because it doesn’t just take fishers committing to fishing sustainably - it takes you to choose the blue fish too.
UK & Irish Fisheries Map
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Bottom grown mussels: NI & ROI
A major fishery across the island of Ireland
Burry Inlet and Dee Estuary Cockles
The world’s first certified bivalve fishery and one of the largest cockle fisheries in the UK
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Cornish hake
The UK’s first MSC certified hake fishery
Cornish sardines
Fishing for future generations
Ireland rope grown mussels
The mussel fishery is managed by Ireland’s seafood development agency Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM).
NIPSG herring
Two certificates, including the first certified fishery in the Irish Sea
Poole harbour clam and cockle
Supplying certified British clams and cockles
SPSG North Sea herring
Fishing for future generations
Shetland crab and scallop
Shetland’s sustainable shellfish
SFSAG northern demersal
Scotland's most valuable fishery
Shetland and Scottish mussels
Shetland’s sustainable shellfish
Thames cockles
Sustainable cockles from the Thames Estuary
UK fisheries ltd
Fishing for cod, haddock and saithe
Wash brown shrimp
First MSC certified UK shrimp fishery