The Dutch hand-raked cockle fishery has entered full assessment against the MSC standard for sustainable fishing.
"In the past year we have worked hard towards a new management system for our hand-raked cockle fishery”, says Bert Keus, OHV chairman. “Recently we concluded a long term agreement with environmental organisations, local authorities and the government to work towards a more sustainable management of the fishery. The logical next step in this process is the MSC certification of our cockles. Therefore we have asked Food Certification International to assess our fishery against the MSC standard for sustainable fisheries."
