• The German fishery for North Sea shrimp (Crangon crangon) is MSC-certified but is not subject to an EU management plan; instead, it operates under an internal self-management scheme. • The assessments for this date back to the 1970s and urgently need to be updated in order to prevent overfishing. • The CRANMAN project provides the necessary biological and fishery research data for this purpose. • Fishermen, as the affected professional group, must be involved in the necessary decision-making processes.
Neumann et al. (Wed,) studied this question.