Posts Tagged ‘Aquaculture Stewardship Council’
Green solutions on the menu
AQUA 2024 brought together different stakeholders in aquaculture to share the latest knowledge and insights. Robert Outram reports.
Read MoreASC continues to grow worldwide
Last year saw the number of farms certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council pass the 2,000 mark, with a steady increase in the volume of certified products marketed around the world.
Read MoreBlue food, green solutions
The eyes of the world’s aquaculture sector will be on Copenhagen this August, when the city hosts AQUA 2024, a joint event co-organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and the World Aquaculture Society (WAS).
Read MoreThe aquafeed dilemma
The industry knows that we need to find alternative ingredients for aquafeed, but will consumers have a problem with that?
Read MoreGlobal approach
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is one of the leading standard-setting bodies in the sector – and its new Farm Standard is set to bring in some major changes.
Read MoreProtecting human rights
The recent investigations uncovering human rights abuses in the farmed seafood industry, most recently in the shrimp industry in India, are very unsettling to read. While we all agree that these abuses should have no place in any industry, the reality is starker and more uncomfortable.
Read MoreSalmon Evolution achieves ASC certification
Land-based fish farmer salmon Salmon Evolution ASA has achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its north Norwegian facility at Indre Harøy. The company described the award as a “significant achievement towards responsible and sustainable salmon production”. It says the certification was achieved after only 18 months of operation at the facility. Salmon Evolution CEO…
Read MoreBoulogne site for new land based salmon farm
LAND based salmon farming company Pure Salmon has chosen France to site its biggest facility to date. The €175million plant will be built in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, the seafood gateway to Europe, and aims to produce 10,000 tonnes of salmon a year. The RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) farm will create 160 permanent new jobs, said Pure Salmon,…
Read MoreMowi Scotland in new ASC drive for all farms
Mowi Scotland plans to achieve ASC certification at all its freshwater loch sites this year, along with additional seawater sites, the company announced today. Until the ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) revised its salmon standard last year, many farms in Scotland could not comply because the ASC did not allow the production of salmon smolts in…
Read MoreLoch Fyne sticks to Scottish only salmon
A DETERMINATION by Loch Fyne Oysters to use only quality Scottish salmon was one of the main factors which resulted in higher losses last year, the company has said in its annual report this week. But it insisted it would not change this buying policy. The other factor was labour costs, particularly during peak seasonal…
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