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Japan Celebrates Largest Ever Sustainable Seafood Week
Last week Japan celebrated its largest ever Sustainable Seafood Week, and it was a chance for quizzes, comedy and seafood-themed hats (yes, you read that correctly). This was the fifth time that the ASC had teamed up with the MSC to organize a Sustainable Seafood Week in Japan, where awareness of the importance of responsible […]
ASC Response to SeaChoice’s “Global Review of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Salmon Standard”
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is a tool for responsible aquaculture management. All of our standards include provisions for the protection of workers and the community, and criteria to both measure and improve farm performance. Over the last several years, in partnership with dedicated stakeholders including SeaChoice, ASC has helped to establish best practice and […]
Fair Trade USA and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Partner to Pilot the Fair Trade Add-on to Some ASC Certified Farms
Fair Trade USA, the leading certifier of Fair Trade products in North America, and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), the leading certification and labelling program for responsible aquaculture, have signed an MOU to pilot Fair Trade USA’s requirements in some ASC-certified fish farms. Through this collaboration, the organizations will implement Fair Trade USA’s innovative model […]
Abalone farm first to achieve certification in South Korea
Wando County in South Korea recently demonstrated its commitment to responsible seafood, as a local producer became the first in the country to achieve ASC certification, and the local government pledged that it would be the first of many. Chungsan Fisherman’s Organisation, in the southwest part of the Korean peninsula, produces over 200 metric tons […]
ASC introduces new Improver Programme
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has today officially introduced its new Improver Programme, an initiative to facilitate accessibility of the standard by helping producers that are not yet ready for certification to improve their practices and mitigate their environmental and social impacts. The ASC Improver Programme will also expand the benefits of the ASC’s industry leading aquaculture certification […]
New ASC-VietGAP Benchmark Provides Guidance for Vietnamese Farmers
A new collaborative project launched today by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), the Vietnamese Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) and WWF Vietnam, will provide helpful guidance for Vietnamese farmers to achieve ASC certification. The ASC-VietGAP benchmark has compared the Vietnamese aquaculture standard, VietGAP, and the ASC standards for shrimp, pangasius and tilapia, to allow farms that […]
ASC welcomes first Dutch farm, Kingfish Zeeland, to its programme
The ASC has welcomed the first Dutch farm to its programme after Kingfish Zeeland achieved certification against the ASC Seriola standard. Kingfish Zeeland raise Pacific Yellowtail (seriola lalandi), commonly referred to as Kingfish or Hiramasa, on a land-based farm in The Netherlands, which has been certified following an audit by SGS, a third-party certification body. […]
ASC gathers stakeholders for shrimp workshop
Last month saw Vietfish – Vietnam’s largest seafood trade show – take place in Ho Chi Minh City, and the ASC’s Programme Assurance Team (PAT) took advantage of this gathering of various industry representatives to organise a workshop for the region’s producers, auditors and other stakeholders to discuss shrimp certification. The global nature of the […]
ASC Launches Seabass, Seabream and Meagre Standard
The ASC has today announced the launch of a new standard for Seabass, Seabream and Meagre. The standard was developed in response to stakeholder demand for the species, which has historically been strong in European markets. Production of Seabass, Seabream and Meagre has grown in recent years, particularly in Turkey and Greece, to also meet the […]
ASC salmon standard recognised by Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative
The ASC’s salmon standard has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), a seafood certification industry benchmark. As well as meeting all of the essential components of the benchmark, the ASC standard achieved 52 ‘supplementary components’ – more than any other aquaculture certification scheme. The ASC’s standard achieved 100 per cent of the […]