Posts Tagged ‘ASC’
ASC Farm Standard consultation reaches final round
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is launching the last round of stakeholder consultation to help finalise the content of its new Farm Standard. Stakeholders are encouraged to take part before the consultation closes on Monday 20 May. The new standard tightens up requirements across a range of areas from greenhouse gas emissions and human rights…
Read MoreASC Feed certification for Thai Union
Seafood giant Thai Union has become the first Asian producer to win Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for one of its feed plants. The single-site certification for Thai Union’s Mahachai Plant, located in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province just west of Bangkok, is the first ASC Feed Standard certification in Asia. The feed mill produces feed…
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 MoreSSC boost for Bakkafrost
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) looks set to produce 10,500 tones of salmon during the third quarter of this, its new owner Bakkafrost says. That is almost as much as the company’s Faroe Islands operation is set to harvest in the three months between June and September. In a trading update Bakkafrost said its three…
Read MoreBritish Columbia ASC success for Grieg
GRIEG Seafood is celebrating achieving Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for five of its Sunshine Coast salmon farms in British Columbia, making it only the second company in the world to be awarded this multi-site success. More significantly, much of the audit work was carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic which presented real challenges for…
Read MoreBakkafrost chief to co-head Global Salmon Initiative
BAKKAFROST chief executive Regin Jacobsen is to become co-chairman of the Global Salmon Initiative, working alongside Gerardo Balbontin, head of the Chilean aquaculture and fishing company Blumar Seafoods. The announcement was made by the GSI in London this week. Jacobsen, who master-minded Bakkafrost’s purchase of the Scottish Salmon Company last year, said the GSI was…
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 MoreASC salmon review tailored to Scottish farms
SCOTTISH salmon farms which use smolts raised in freshwater lochs will now be able to apply for ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) certification following a major review. The move updates the salmon standard and freshwater trout standard, resolving inconsistencies between the two and allowing for salmon smolt production to be audited against the trout standard. Norwegian…
Read MoreFirst bass and bream farms win ASC approval
FOUR farms in Turkey and Greece have become the first in the world to be certified to the ASC’s new sea bass, sea bream, and meagre standard. Two farms operated by Nireus in Greece and two operated by Sursan in Turkey achieved certification at the same time on June 5. The ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council)…
Read MoreIceland farm row firms ASC approved
TWO Icelandic fish farming companies at the centre of a national row, which saw their applications for expansion suddenly withdrawn four months ago, have received Aquaculture Stewardship Council environmental certification for their production techniques. Both SalMar backed Arnarlax and Arctic Sea Farms received the green light from Iceland’s Food Administration last year to expand their…
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