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Helping Promote Health and Safety for Seafood Workers
The ASC logo indicates responsibly produced seafood – but what exactly does that mean? Understandably, many people think mostly about the environmental side of things – seafood that was produced without unnecessary chemicals or antibiotics, by a farmer that monitored their impact on the surrounding environment. What you might not think about when you see […]
It’s Earth Day – Here’s How You Can Fight Climate Change With Your Food Choices
Today is Earth Day, and this year’s is a big milestone, marking fifty years since millions of people took part in protests on April 22 1970, helping to kick off the modern environmental movement. Earth Day is now marked every year on April 22, and while a lot has happened since 1970, it is of […]
The principles of a credible standard according to ISEAL
ISEAL is the global membership organisation for ambitious, collaborative and transparent sustainability systems. Their Codes of Good Practice provide a globally recognised framework, defining practices for effective and credible sustainability systems. Currently, the ASC is the only aquaculture certification programme to meet all three of the ISEAL Codes of Good Practice, which focus on the core elements of a sustainability system: […]
Traceability – Is your seafood really what it says on the tin?
Seafood is one of the most valuable and traded commodities in the world and a major source of nourishment. It plays a critical role in providing healthy and affordable proteins to billions of people worldwide and that comes with increasingly complex global supply chains. In its journey from farm to fork, seafood and fish products may pass […]
9 good reasons to choose the ASC logo
Nine good reasons why the ASC is the responsible choice for seafood The ASC sets strict standards for fish farming (aquaculture), to ensure that farmers are working to reduce harm to the environment, protect the rights and wellbeing of their employees, and respect the communities in which they operate. To achieve ASC certification, farms must […]
Wild Fish in Aquaculture Feed: What Are the Facts?
At ASC we are always looking at the direct and indirect impacts of aquaculture and reviewing how we help the industry minimise them. This is the reason behind our imminent Feed Standard, which will be applicable to all ASC certified farms and requires unprecedented traceability and sustainability of all of the ingredients of the feed […]
A Little Advice from a Work From Home Veteran
By Contessa Kellogg-Winters Over my nearly five years of working with ASC, more than half of which has been done over an ocean away from most of my team, I feel that I’ve become a bit of a pro at the working from home (WFH) game. Just a note that you can also scroll to […]
Climate Change on the Agenda at Vienna Conference
By Desirée Pesci Climate change could have far-reaching consequences for many fish farmers, and the solutions will require urgent and collaborative action across multiple sectors. In that spirit, ASC recently attended the Diplomatic Academy Students’ Initiative Conference (DASICON) in Vienna. The conference took place on February 28 and is organised by the students of the Diplomatische […]
Hear from the women working in aquaculture
What’s it like to be a woman working in aquaculture? March 8 is International Women’s Day, and we thought it was a perfect chance to ask two of ASC’s own employees their experiences. Renée Hamel is ASC’s Technical & Operations Support Manager. For her, sustainable seafood is a lifelong passion: ‘I grew up in rural […]
Two Decades Defying Expectations: Vinh Hoan’s Founder and Chairwoman Truong Thi Le Khanh
The seafood industry has been described as “women intensive but male dominated”, and despite around half of fisheries and aquaculture workers being women (and up to 90% of processing workers), the majority of senior positions in the industry are filled by men. As with many other industries, it’s clear that more needs to be done […]