{"id":1000290,"date":"2013-03-04T16:21:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T16:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=290&#038;source_id=290&#038;target_id=1000290"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:17:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:17:31","slug":"global-seriola-and-cobia-aquaculture-standards-now-available-for-public-consultation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/news\/global-seriola-and-cobia-aquaculture-standards-now-available-for-public-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Seriola and Cobia Aquaculture Standards now available for public consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block wysiwyg\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>The Seriola and Cobia Aquaculture Dialogue entered its final stage on 12 February with the launch of the first of two 60-day public comment periods. As part of a diverse, multi-stakeholder process, the public is encouraged to provide feedback to draft standards intended to minimize the potentially negative impact seriola and cobia aquaculture can have on the environment, farm workers and communities. The draft standards are the product of a World Wildlife Fund-coordinated roundtable that includes producers, conservationists, scientists, and other leaders from across the value chain.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cKey to meaningful and credible aquaculture standards is full transparency and diverse participation in the process, and that\u2019s exactly what we have with these Dialogues,\u201d said Jose Villalon, Vice President of WWF\u2019s Aquaculture Program and coordinator of the full set of Dialogues. \u201cBy integrating input and expertise from a range of voices involved with seriola and cobia production, these standards will be critical in conserving the world\u2019s oceans at the scale needed to meet rising global demand for farmed seafood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Dialogue Steering Committee that manages the process will use all feedback received during the public comment periods \u2013 as well as at the third public meeting of the Dialogue in Tokyo February 12-13 \u2013 to revise the standards. Following that, a second public consultation period will take place in May 2013, with the standards expected to be finalized in 2013. This open and transparent process is in line with international guidelines for standard setting created by the ISEAL Alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The seriola and cobia standards, when finalized, will be the seventh set of standards developed by the Aquaculture Dialogues. Standards have been finalized for pangasius, tilapia, abalone, bivalves, salmon and freshwater. Standards for shrimp are expected to be finalized this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ongoing process of managing the standards and amending them to take new technology and science into consideration is coordinated by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating measurable and performance-based standards for responsible aquaculture. In 2012, the first ASC-certified products \u2013 pangasius and tilapia \u2013 came to market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those who intend to provide comment to the draft standard can access the standards and comment form by visiting:\u00a0https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/pages\/creating-standards-for-responsibly-farmed-seriola-and-cobia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All comments must be received by April 12, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000290","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1000290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}