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The ASC raises awareness about responsible seafood at SIAL 2018
On 16th May ASC hosted a cooking demonstration at SIAL 2018 in Shangai, China. SIAL is Asia’s largest food innovation exhibition and this year ASC attended for the first time to introduce the programme to more than 100,000 attendees from 67 countries. ASC introduced themselves to the attendees with an information session and cooking demonstration […]
GSI members have reduced medicine use, incorporated more sustainable feed
Transparency: GSI publishes Sustainability data The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has published online in April its 5th set of (2017) sustainability data, presented per company and per region, which covers 14 key sustainability indicators. The pre-competitive and CEO-led GSI currently comprises 17 salmon farming companies – representing ~55% of the global salmon production industry – […]
Bamboo Sushi becomes first restaurant in USA to feature ASC logo
Patrons of Bamboo Sushi in Oregon will be the very first to in America to order from a menu featuring the ASC logo. This mark can only be found on seafood that is responsibly produced according to the highest environmental and social standard for farmed seafood in the world. The national debut of our logo […]
Five Things We Saw at an ASC Certified Salmon Farm in Norway
Consumers all over the world love salmon. Some of it comes from salmon farms along the coastlines of Norway. You might have seen some documentaries on the salmon industry – including some that criticise how farmed salmon is produced. That is why we invited a handful of journalists from various European countries to come visit […]
Why Rio 2016’s Embrace of Certified Seafood is Important
There is nothing quite like the excitement of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Every four years, we join in a global celebration and get swept up in the joy of human excellence and the spirit of peace and hope that led Baron Pierre de Coubertin to establish the modern Olympics in Athens, Greece in […]
CELEBRATING THE FIRST ASC CERTIFIED FISHERY IN JAPAN: Some Personal Reflections by John White, Director for Development, ASC
Photo: WWF Japan I may never have met Kiyohiro Gotoh if he had not decided to have his hair cut on the afternoon of 11th March 2011. At 2.46pm on that Friday afternoon an earthquake started. The lights went out at the barbers shop. Clearly, he told me, he knew that this was a big […]
For the Future of the Ocean
From the time we are very young, no matter where in the world we may live, we are told of the importance of the ocean. As we grow up we begin to understand why. The ocean is the very heart of our planet. It is home to countless species, it plays a major role in […]
A Day in the Life of: Standards and Certification Coordinator, Haruko Horii
My life’s journey brought me to the Netherlands six years ago. Having attained a social science degree from Hosei University in Japan, and after learning Portuguese at Macau University in China and Coimbra University in Portugal, I wanted a new academic challenge in a different country. So I enrolled in the International Development Studies master […]
In Celebration of Earth Day 2016
On April 22 each year, the world celebrates Earth Day. The annual event is a time to think critically about the ways our choices— both individually and collectively— affect the natural environment, and to take action to preserve it. Earth Day is special for its ability to spur world-wide conversations about the impact of human […]
A Day in the Life of: Communications Intern Raili Laansalu
My co-students and I always joke about who brings the most coffee and does the most scanning at their internship. Well, even though coffee (drinking) and scanning take up some time at my internship, it is not all I do at the ASC. As part of my Media and Entertainment Management studies I am required […]