Certification

Malaysia-based retail chain AEON Co Bhd won praise today for publishing a comprehensive new fish health and welfare policy that protects the "five freedoms" of fish in the company's supply chain.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has announced that feed mills can now apply for certification to its Feed Standard – giving ASC certified farms until 14 January 2025 to switch to ASC compliant feed.

Peru’s Nemo Corporation and the Universidad Nacional del Santa (UNS) have unveiled an innovative solar raft for scallop farming.

Norway’s Atlantic salmon sector published their feed composition and utilisation data from 2020, showing more novel ingredients in their formulations and greater salmon output – but as inflation and global commodity pric…

Indonesia needs a sustainable source of funding to conserve and restore its blue carbon ecosystems and combat climate change – and carbon credits may be the solution that helps them flourish.

BlueTrace has announced that its client base has more than doubled across North America as more seafood harvesters, growers, distributors and dealers adopt the traceability platform.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has published a report and methodology that explores how responsible aquaculture can contribute to the United Nation's 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

New research suggests that there is scope for greater differentiation of Norway's farmed salmon products, especially in some markets.

The environmental impacts of aquaculture are often in the spotlight. The need for sustainable practices is now firmly embedded in the minds of the public, governments and industry – but this sometimes presents trade-offs…

Increasing market demand has led to a 144 percent increase in Scottish salmon farms that are seeking Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification in the last year.

Chicken of the Sea has announced an exclusive initiative with Thai Union Frozen and Avanti Frozen Foods – making the company the largest importer of fair trade-certified farmed shrimp in the US.

Following a challenging seven years, Nigeria’s first commercial-scale black tiger prawn producer is now up, running and ready to supply high end markets with ASC certified shrimp – from Lagos, to Rotterdam and beyond.

Paris’s Emporio Armani Caffé & Ristorante is highlighting its commitment to high culinary standards by serving ASC certified fish from Croatia’s Cromaris.

A group of 19 kelp and wakame farmers in Japan, the Jusanhama Gyokyo Youth Association, has acquired the Aquaculture Stewardship Council-Marine Stewardship Council (ASC-MSC) seaweed certification.

Aquaconnect has earned an ISO 27001 for Information Security Management, indicating that the firm is fully equipped to protect and safeguard data from its farmer network, retailers, finance partners and seafood buyers.

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has created a new software that can recognise and verify seafood products that meet the organisation’s traceability standards.

Aquaculture is rapidly expanding - as are the WWF's efforts to improve it.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has published its first annual report and reflects on the industry’s journey from the first farm to receive ASC certification to its strong industry presence today.

The FAIRR Initiative has just released a report for Phase 2 of its collaborative investor engagement on sustainable aquafeed – after a coalition of 75 investors, representing over $16 trillion in assets, met with eight o…

Heather Sadusky has been on a mission to give consumers access to sustainable seafood and has worked across the US, Hong Kong and the Caribbean to achieve her goals. She's now leading the Sustainable Fisheries Partnershi…