{"id":1161690,"date":"2023-11-17T09:27:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T08:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/?post_type=news&p=1161690"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:19:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:19:29","slug":"first-farm-achieves-asc-certification-through-asc-improver-programme","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/news\/first-farm-achieves-asc-certification-through-asc-improver-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"First farm achieves ASC certification through ASC Improver Programme\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An Indonesian shrimp farm\u2014PT. Koyo Segoro Endah (KSE) \u2014has become the first farm to earn ASC certification after participating in an Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP) under the Improver Programme by Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

ASC\u2019s Improver Programme supports seafood farms that are committed to improving their farming practices through an AIP and are not yet ready or eligible for ASC certification.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur ASC certification means that we now have a place in the global marketplace and are meeting the demand for responsibly farmed shrimp\u2014a milestone we couldn\u2019t have reached without ASC\u2019s Improver Programme\u201d said Rudyanto, Farm Manager of KSE.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

KSE\u2019s journey to ASC certification has been an effort of multiple partners, including processor Sekar Bumi, NGO ThinkAqua, ASC and NGO Yayasan Sinergi Akuakultur Indonesia (YSAI) as implementer for the AIP.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe support we received from our partners throughout this process was invaluable. It gave us the knowledge and confidence we needed to move forward to ASC certification,\u201d said Rudyanto.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe YSAI team has many years of experience supporting broad improvements in the shrimp sector in Indonesia, and we have been excited to help KSE become an ASC certified farm,\u201d said Kenidas Lukman, CEO of YSAI.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission at ASC is to drive the transformation of global aquaculture towards environmental sustainability and social responsibility, but making improvements in that direction hasn\u2019t been possible for many farms,\u201d said Roy van Daatselaar, global lead for the Improver Programme by ASC. \u201cOur Improver Programme gives these farms a well-supported, staged approach to make improvements and ultimately attain ASC certification. KSE\u2019s certification is evidence that step-by-step improvement works, and we extend a big congratulations to them on the great work they have done.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a quality supplier to global markets, we know that there is increasing demand for ASC certified shrimp. The AIP process gave us a pipeline to supply that demand,\u201d said Pak Gary Iyawan, Operations Director at Sekar Bumi.<\/span><\/p>\n


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About the Improver Programme by ASC<\/h3>\n

ASC already drives and supports improvements in seafood farming at scale across the world through its certification programme. For those not ASC certified, the Improver Programme by ASC has been created to support farms who are not ready or eligible for ASC certification but are committed to improving their farming practices through an AIP. The combined impact of these many small changes in non-certified seafood farming contribute to ASC\u2019s goal of transforming seafood farming, as a whole, for the future.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the programme\u2019s initial focus on shrimp farms, additional species will be eligible in the future.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When an AIP joins ASC\u2019s Improver Programme, it is supported along one of two routes: AIP to ASC certification or AIP to Better Practices. Through the first route, ASC supports the farm to improve performance to a level at which it is ready to become ASC certified. Through the second route, ASC supports the farm to improve their practices in specific environmental or social areas without ASC certification as the end-goal.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information about the Improver Programme by ASC<\/a> is available<\/span>, where additional AIP success stories will be covered over time.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1161691,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161690","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1161690","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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1161691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-aqua.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}