North Menai Mussel get’s certified

The North Menai Strait mussel fishery is celebrating being awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification following a rigorous, independent assessment against the MSC standards for a sustainable and well managed fisheries. Products from this fishery may now bear the MSC ecolabel, identifying their origin from a sustainable source. Only products that originate from the certified fishery are eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel.

The certified fishery operates inside the boundaries of the 1962 Menai Strait East Fishery Order and consists of four operating businesses; Deepdock Ltd, Myti Mussels, Extramussel Ltd and Ogwen Mussels Ltd, who form the constituent membership of Bangor Mussel Producers Ltd. Read more...