Live Shellfish Registration Documents (LSRDs) provide essential tractability for live shellfish, helping to ensure that they are safe to eat and enabling public health professionals to trace any contamination issues back to the food source. The LSRD is to be completed by the harvester and must accompany every batch of shellfish from the point of harvest to the relaying area, dispatch centre or processing establishment.
How to request registration documents
Dorset Council will only normally issue LSRDs for shellfish that are gathered within their area. Gatherers should always make requests for LSRDs at the local authority that covers the area where they are harvesting shellfish from. LSDRs are free of charge.
New applicants
5 movement documents will be issued per application. This number will increase once we are satisfied that the document is being completed and processed correctly.
Established applicants
Appropriate numbers of registration documents (max 30) will be issued to each harvester/gatherer at any one time to enable effective traceability and verification.
Before LSRDs are issued, gatherers are required to provide the following info:
- Vessel registration
- Evidence the vessel is in our waters, e.g. mooring agreement
- MMO License
- Diver’s qualification if applicable
- Names of the businesses they will supply
- Information about species
- Location of production area