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REWE increases selection of ASC certified products
REWE is increasing its range of ASC labelled seafood with the introduction of its Goldlocke product, which is made from ASC certified tilapia. REWE, one of the largest German supermarket chains, developed Goldlocke with its fresh fish supplier Deutsche See to replace its Schillerlocke product made from smoked spiny dogfish. Rico Weinert, REWE Category Manager […]
Hong Kong Sustainable Seafood Guide helps consumers choose responsibly farmed fish
Seafood consumers in Hong Kong can now enjoy shopping for responsibly farmed fish with the help of the latest edition of the Sustainable Seafood Guide. For the first time, the guide includes information about the ASC logo for responsible aquaculture. “This is a great step forward in informing Asian seafood customers about the ASC. By […]
ASC certified trout soon in the market
Danforel’s Christiansminde Freshwater Farm in Denmark has become the first farm certified to the ASC Freshwater Trout Standard for responsible aquaculture. “The certification of the first freshwater trout farm this week brings ASC a step closer to becoming a truly global programme. I am thrilled to get the trout programme off the ground, and I […]
Fund helps Belize shrimp farms in bid to meet ASC standard
Thanks to funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), the Belize Shrimp Growers’ Association is preparing member farms for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) assessment. The IDB funding is through Compete Caribbean, a program to support private sector development and competitiveness in 15 Caribbean countries. The Belize Shrimp Growers Association […]
ASC auditor training courses second half 2014
ASC is organising auditor training for five of its standards species – abalone, bivalves, pangasius, salmon and tilapia – during the second half of 2014 across different countries. Successful participation is a mandatory requirement to become an accredited auditor. Only accredited certification bodies are allowed to conduct farm audits against the ASC Standards. Certifiers who […]
Joint statement: responsibility in fish feed production
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and GLOBALG.A.P. have been working together for the last year to help bring about environmentally and socially responsible aquaculture. Current scope of the standards for aquaculture farms and compound feed manufacturers Currently, the three standards rely on external certifications covering feed ingredients and feed raw material […]
ASC certified tilapia in the spotlight during Asian Sustainable Seafood Festival
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified responsibly farmed tilapia was in the spotlight during a visit to tilapia farm, Trapia Malaysia, last week. The visit to the farm, located at Lake Temengor in the state of Perak, was organised by WWF-Malaysia as part of the Asia-wide Sustainable Seafood Festival (SSF). Fifteen Malaysian seafood retailers, distributors, restaurant […]
ASC certified pangasius now available in Japan
AEON and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan hosted a launch event in Tokyo yesterday to celebrate that ASC certified pangasius is now available in AEON stores throughout Japan. This event marks the start of the Sustainable Seafood Week in Japan. Sustainable Seafood Week is taking place across Asia from 5 to 15 June. […]
Dutch consumers are buying more sustainable food than before
The sales of food produced in an environmentally and animal friendly way rose by over 10% in 2013 compared to the year before. Total spending in the Netherlands was 2.5 billion euro. These findings were published in the ‘Monitor Sustainable Food 2013’ on June 4, 2014. This report is produced annually by Wageningen University for […]
First shrimp farm enters ASC assessment
Shrimp producer, Quoc Viet, has become the first farm to enter into assessment against the ASC Shrimp Standard for well-managed and responsible farms. If successful, Quoc Viet will be eligible carry the ASC logo on it products. Quoc Viet supplies customers from the US, Japan, EU, Australia, Canada, Korea, South East Asia and other countries. […]