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
Meet the fisheries
Bottom grown mussels: NI & ROI
A major fishery across Ireland
Burry Inlet Cockles
The world's first certified bivalve fishery
Cornish hake
The UK’s first certified hake fishery
Cornish sardine
Fishing for future generations
Dee Estuary Cockle
One of the UK's largest cockle fisheries
Ireland rope grown mussels
100% of Ireland’s mussels are now eligible for MSC certification
NIPSG herring
Two certificates, including the first certified fishery in the Irish Sea
North Sea herring fishery
One of the longest running certified fisheries in the UK
Poole Harbour clam and cockle
Supplying certified clams and cockles to Waitrose
Shetland crab and scallop
Shetland’s sustainable shellfish
Shetland & Scottish mussels
First enhanced fishery to be certified in Scotland
SFSAG Northern demersal stocks
Scotland’s most valuable fishery
Thames cockles
Sustainable cockles from the Thames Estuary
Wash brown shrimp
First certified UK shrimp fishery
UK Fisheries ltd
Fishing for sustainable white fish