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
![UK FISHERIES MAP UK Fisheries map](/images/default-source/uk-library/misc-sizes/uk-fisheries-map.png?sfvrsn=a3b2d3c0_8)
Meet the fisheries
![Bottom grown mussels: NI & ROI](/images/default-source/pt-library/mussels-for-bottom-caught-ireland.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=66fb9c48_1)
Bottom grown mussels: NI & ROI
A major fishery across Ireland
![Burry Inlet Cockles](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/burry-inlet-cockles.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=cbbf24b9_1)
Burry Inlet Cockles
The world's first certified bivalve fishery
![Cornish hake](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/cornish-hake-andrew-pascoe-500x500.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=fa0439c4_1)
Cornish hake
The UK’s first certified hake fishery
![Cornish sardine](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/cornish-sardine-fishery-boat.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=41a66971_1)
Cornish sardine
Fishing for future generations
![Dee Estuary Cockle](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/dee-estuary-cockles.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=e8ab26d9_1)
Dee Estuary Cockle
One of the UK's largest cockle fisheries
![Ireland rope grown mussels](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/irish-rope-mussles.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=542ec79e_1)
Ireland rope grown mussels
100% of Ireland’s mussels are now eligible for MSC certification
![NIPSG herring](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/herring-catch.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=6e4519f6_1)
NIPSG herring
Two certificates, including the first certified fishery in the Irish Sea
![North Sea herring fishery](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/herring-catch-for-north-sea-spotlight.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=bc831187_1)
North Sea herring fishery
One of the longest running certified fisheries in the UK
![Poole Harbour clam and cockle](/images/default-source/uk-library/pool-harbour-cockles.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=9156647b_1)
Poole Harbour clam and cockle
Supplying certified clams and cockles to Waitrose
![Shetland crab and scallop](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/shetland-brown-crab.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=5cafbc4c_1)
Shetland crab and scallop
Shetland’s sustainable shellfish
![Shetland & Scottish mussels](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/shetland-mussles-kenny-and-craig-pottinger.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=88012dfa_1)
Shetland & Scottish mussels
First enhanced fishery to be certified in Scotland
![SFSAG Northern demersal stocks](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/sfsaf-scottish-haddock-fishery.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=2d7998b6_1)
SFSAG Northern demersal stocks
Scotland’s most valuable fishery
![Thames cockles](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlight/burry-dee-thames.tmb-medium500.jpeg?sfvrsn=8369376d_1)
Thames cockles
Sustainable cockles from the Thames Estuary
![Wash brown shrimp](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlight/wash-shrimp.tmb-medium500.jpeg?sfvrsn=59781f58_1)
Wash brown shrimp
First certified UK shrimp fishery
![UK Fisheries ltd](/images/default-source/uk-library/spotlights---500x500/kirkella-square.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=b6059552_1)
UK Fisheries ltd
Fishing for sustainable white fish