{"id":1144639,"date":"2022-06-27T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/?post_type=news&p=144639&source_id=144639&target_id=1144639"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:19:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:19:18","slug":"the-road-to-sustainable-aquaculture-ascs-side-event-at-the-un-ocean-conference-and-evaluation-of-its-performance-against-the-sdgs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/news\/the-road-to-sustainable-aquaculture-ascs-side-event-at-the-un-ocean-conference-and-evaluation-of-its-performance-against-the-sdgs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Road to Sustainable Aquaculture\u201d: ASC\u2019s side event at the UN Ocean Conference and evaluation of its performance against the SDGs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As part of the UN Ocean Conference 2022 in Lisbon, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in collaboration with the Blue Food Partnership (a platform of the World Economic Forum led by Friends of Ocean Action) and the Certification and Ratings Collaboration hosted a side event on \u2018The Road to Sustainable Aquaculture\u2019 on 28<\/span>th<\/span> June.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was convened to highlight the importance of sustainable and responsible aquaculture and the role the industry can play in meeting the <\/span>UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To realise the goal of aquaculture making its fair contribution to all relevant SDGs, collective action across the industry is essential. To this end, ASC is an active member of the Blue Food Partnership, which works across the private and non-private sector as well as science and academia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the run-up to the conference, a new report called <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Road to Sustainable Aquaculture: on current knowledge and priorities for responsible growth<\/span><\/i>\u2019<\/span><\/a> was launched by the Blue Food Partnership\u2019s Sustainable Aquaculture Working Group.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report provides a strong foundation for a roadmap being developed by the working group, which will help define how aquaculture can contribute to the SDGs and set out a clear path to achieving this ambition.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Discussing the current status of aquaculture and its future potential, as well as how to progress sustainable aquaculture at scale were Katherine Bryar, Global Marketing Director of BIOMAR, Jim Leape representing the Blue Food Assessment and Co-director of the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Dr Wendy Norden, representing Director of Science and Global Strategies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Seafood Watch Program, and Chris Ninnes, CEO of the ASC. The participants concluded that the potential of blue foods will be fully realised only if they are brought into the broader food system decision-making.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ASC\u2019s evaluation against the SDGs\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, ASC has completed a first-of-its-kind quantitative evaluation of its programme\u2019s direct and indirect contributions to each of the 17 SDGs, and of the 169 SDG targets within them. While the full report will be published in fall 2022, ASC has shared some first findings during the side event.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These include:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n