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New tool provides accurate farm location information
What is the first information you expect to see in an ASC farm audit report? You will probably want to know what the farm produces and where the farm is located. Without this basic information, I think any report is frankly useless. By Dennis Wittmann, Assurance coordinator The ASC standards focus on both […]
Operational reviews: tool to ensure ongoing improvements
ASC standards are the result of an extremely thorough development process, but our programme isn’t static and we are always looking for opportunities to adapt to changes in the industry. This is where operational reviews come in. By Marcelo Hidalgo and Haruko Horii Operational reviews are one of ASC’s many tools to ensure ongoing improvements, […]
Animal welfare: an important topic
In the livestock industry, animal welfare is a widely discussed topic. Multiple schemes have been created to address the strong opinions held by some consumers regarding the treatment of the various terrestrial animals we produce for consumption. By Janneke Aelen As the aquaculture industry expands rapidly and scientific knowledge about many of the animals involved evolves, […]
World Food Day: A Beginner’s Guide
Do you know what’s special about today’s date? If your answer is that it’s two weeks until Halloween, you’re technically correct – but you’ve forgotten about an even more important commemoration: World Food Day. Don’t worry though, our beginner’s guide to this annual celebration will bring you up to speed. Starting with the most obvious […]
Innovations in the Scottish salmon industry
Scotland is known for its wild beauty, strong cultural traditions and for several stand-out signature dishes—salmon chief amongst them. Naturally, any trip to the country will always be good fun. Due to its standing as a world leader in the aquaculture industry a trip to the north can also be an opportunity for learning. This […]
ASC workshop brings together shrimp producers and retailers to share knowledge
The ASC’s theory of change aims to use market forces, generating demand for responsibly produced seafood, rewarding responsible producers and incentivising more farms to work towards the ASC’s robust standards. Generating demand of course requires enough supply to meet it, and a recent workshop in Thailand aimed to bring these complementary sides of the ASC’s […]
What we learned from the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 (SOFIA), which as you may have guessed from the title is a summary of the latest official statistics on fisheries and aquaculture. The SOFIA reports have been published every two years since 1994 and as […]
Reviewing our approach to sea lice
By Ron Tardiff, Science and Standards Intern In June, I joined the ASC as a Science and Standards Intern conducting research on best (but also worst) practices in farm siting globally as well as sea lice management in the salmon industry. I have just completed the first year of my Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree […]
Promoting biodiversity: ASC brings aquaculture expertise to UN Food and Agricultural Organisation dialogues
The ASC represented global aquaculture with a keynote speech at a multi-stakeholder dialogue on biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in May. The Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors was held at the FAO’s headquarters in Rome from 29 – 31 May, and attendees included government […]
It’s World Oceans Day!
Do you ever think about the vital role oceans play for life on earth? The oceans provide 50% of our oxygen and may be home to as much as 75-80% of the living species of this world, but no one is sure since there are so many species yet to be discovered in its vast […]