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We’ve Been Working Hard on New Fish Welfare Requirements – Here’s the Latest
The welfare of fish has been traditionally much less well understood than that of land-based farm animals – but at ASC we’ve been working hard to develop new requirements to safeguard the welfare of farmed fish, and we’ve been heartened to see a growing interest in this topic. By Janneke Aelen, ASC Fish Welfare Coordinator […]
Treat Your Heart to Some Responsibly Sourced Fish for World Heart Day
A joint blog by ASC and the Seafood Nutrition Partnership It’s hard at the moment to focus on health problems that aren’t you-know-what, but taking care of our long-term health has never been more important – and World Heart Day is a great opportunity to look at how our diets can make a big difference […]
5 Things We Learned from the M&E Report
Earlier this month we published our first Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report. This is just one output from our Monitoring and Evaluation programme, which aims to measure the impacts and positive change that ASC standards have on the environment, farm workers, and local communities. The report sets out all kinds of trends, facts, and case […]
Spice Up Your Summer With These Simple Seafood Recipes
This may not have been the summer any of us had planned, and maybe you’re stuck at home when you should be enjoying a holiday right now. If so, all is not lost: you can still treat yourself to some delicious seafood. For many people, seafood is something to be eaten as a treat in […]
What’s the Point of Certifying Bivalves? Here Are a Few Reasons…
Mussels, oysters, scallops – they aren’t the most expressive of animals, they don’t move around much, and they feed by ‘filtering’ the water – which some scientists think could be put to good use in efforts to clean up pollution. They’re all bivalves – that’s a class of molluscs with hard shells in two parts […]
This Report is Crammed With Fascinating Facts About the Seafood Industry
Did you know that 71% of the world’s fish is consumed in Asia? Or that the global amount of fish eaten per person has more than doubled since 1961? Those are just a couple of the fascinating facts we discovered in the latest publication about the seafood industry from the United Nations Food and Agricultural […]
Diving, Fishing, Studying, Collecting: Meet the ASC Staff With a Passion for the Oceans
Every June 8 is World Oceans Day, an annual celebration of the oceans and a reminder of just how important it is that we cherish and protect them. At ASC our mission is to drive up standards in seafood farming to minimise environmental impacts on our oceans, rivers and lakes (among many other things, of […]
Two Important Environmental Days on One Date
June 5 is an important date for those of us who love the oceans, for two reasons. It’s World Environment Day, which you may have heard of, but it’s also the UN’s International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, which you may not have. International Day for the Fight Against […]
What Our New Salmon Standard Review Will Be Looking at, and Why It’s Important
In the last week of April, a two-day meeting (remote, of course) marked the start of a process looking at how the ASC Salmon Standard helps protect both farmed and wild salmon and sea trout against parasites, and whether the latest science and research can perhaps help us do things differently and more efficiently. By […]
Win-Win: Supporting a Certified Producer and Enjoying Delicious Seriola
Like in other countries, entrepreneurs and businesses in the Netherlands are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and ASC certified producer Kingfish Zeeland is one of those adapting and using novel methods to continue their business. By Dennis Wittmann, ASC Outreach Manager Germany, Austria, Switzerland As we all know, the measures taken to restrict the […]