Cockles have been MSCMSC:
Marine Stewardship Council, an independent, international non-profit organization that has developed an eco-label that guarantees well-managed, sustainable fisheries. Fish products that meet the criteria of the eco-label can be identified by the blue MSC logo.-certified since 2012. In the Netherlands, cockles are fished in the Wadden Sea and Oosterschelde. Under the MSC label, these fisheries are committed to simulating sustainable fishing. For example, they do not fish in areas of high ecological importance for breeding birds. MSCMSC:
Marine Stewardship Council, an independent, international non-profit organization that has developed an eco-label that guarantees well-managed, sustainable fisheries. Fish products that meet the criteria of the eco-label can be identified by the blue MSC logo.-certified cockles are fished with handHand dredges:
A fishing method used to harvest cockles with a type of rake. This is a labour-intensive method, widely used in the Dutch cockle fishery on the Wadden Sea. dredges and dredgesBoat dredges:
A fishing method used for collecting shellfish and crustaceans from the bottom. The ship drags a steel frame with a net over the bottom, in which shellfish and crustaceans are caught. Large ships can drag multiple dredges simultaneously, on each side of the ship. .