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ASC’s Marcelo Hidalgo Treats Colleagues to Traditional Shrimp Ceviche
Staff at ASC’s headquarters in Utrecht were treated to a delicious ceviche featuring ASC certified shrimp, courtesy of Marcelo Hidalgo, ASC Standard Coordinator. Marcelo whipped up his signature dish, a shrimp ceviche, in the office kitchen, using ASC certified products. ASC staff are no strangers to seafood, but all were impressed with Marcelo’s handiwork. Now, […]
Responsible Seafood Must be Part of Climate Change Solution
Last week’s report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made for stark reading for anyone concerned about climate change. And we would argue that it should be cause for attention even for those that do not. If you haven’t seen it yet, the report focuses on land use and climate change, and […]
NEW INFORMATION UNDERPINS ASC’S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING SEA LICE TREATMENTS
When the salmon standard was originally drafted there was limited information available on how often salmon were treated to remove sea lice. ASC has more recently been able to collect a wide range of treatment information and it has been possible to design new ASC requirements based on the statistical analysis of this data. Records […]
ASC Improves Consistency of its Approach to Assessing Freshwater Salmonids
Introduction The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Freshwater Trout Standard has been updated and strengthened following a rigorous multi-stakeholder, science-based review process, as part of ASC’s ongoing commitment to continuously improve standards and adapt to changes in industry best practice. The ASC operates a number of standards dedicated to different species groups and production systems; including […]
World Oceans Day: Fighting Ghost Gear and Plastic Waste
This Saturday people around the globe will come together to celebrate World Oceans Day, the annual observation to help protect and conserve the world’s oceans for a better future. A healthy world ocean is critical to our survival. Oceans cover three quarters of the Earth’s surface, and contain 97 per cent of the Earth’s water. […]
The current state of sea lice management
By Ron Tardiff, Science and Standards Intern In order for ASC to determine whether to revise sea lice management indicators in the Salmon Standard, it is helpful to have an understanding of the baseline requirements in each salmon producing country and then reflect on the current ASC requirements to assess if a revision is needed. […]
Earth Day and Easter
It’s fair to say that many people around the world will have a busy weekend of travelling and seeing family coming up. Passover begins on Friday, while many countries will be enjoying a long weekend for Easter. So you’d be forgiven for forgetting about another special event happening this Monday – Earth Day, an international […]
Pacific Reef Fisheries’ Environmental Officer discusses certification and the many ways to enjoy cobia
One of the companies that’s been celebrating Sustainable Seafood Week in Australia is Pacific Reef Fisheries. Based in the small town of Ayr, Queensland, Pacific Reef Fisheries is the first cobia and prawn farm in Australian to be ASC certified. We spoke to Kristian Mulholland, their Environmental Officer, about the benefits of certification, the future […]
How does ASC measure its impact? An introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation
ASC’s mission is to “transform aquaculture towards environmental sustainability and social responsibility”. Having a well-defined mission is so important – but it’s not enough on its own. Because if we want to keep improving our own performance, we need to know how far we’ve come in achieving that mission. By Douglas Tenison-Collins As with any […]
A day in the life … Meet Vân Roetert, our head of Programme Assurance
Four years ago, Vietnamese-born Vân Roetert joined the ASC, and in May last year she set up our programme assurance team to ensure that integrity was at the forefront of ASC’s agenda. We caught up with her to find out more about the work of her department. By Nicki Holmyard “Sustainability certification is a complex business […]