ASC appoints new Supervisory Board members

“I’m excited that Ling, Scott, Aldin and Meghan have joined the board of the ASC,” said Chris Ninnes, CEO of ASC. “We look for talented, exceptional individuals to expand our capacity to provide an effective programme for responsible aquaculture and we are fortunate to have found four outstanding additions to our board.

“Their expertise will be an enormous advantage in our mission to transform the aquaculture industry. The combination of academic, industry and global business insights they bring will be key to our ongoing efforts to meet the growing demand for responsibly farmed fish, and to communicate the value of our certification programme.”

Aldin Hilbrands is the technical director of FSSC 22000, an agency created by the Foundation for Food Safety Certification to help businesses effectively manage food safety issues. He also serves as the director of aquaculture with IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative.

Meghan Jeans is the director of conservation at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts where she oversees work related to seafood sustainability, ocean policy and marine protected area management. She also serves as an advisor to the Fair Trade USA, the International Sustainable Seafood Foundation (ISSF), and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

Scott Nichols is the founder of Food’s Future, a consultancy dedicated to providing economically and environmentally sustainable food for an expanding world. Before founding his own consultancy, Scott worked at DuPont, where he led the project to develop Verlasso, a new brand of farmed salmon produced with a low dependence on forage fisheries, developed in a joint project with AquaChile.

Ling Cao is a research scholar at the Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment. She is trained as an agronomist and environmental scientist, and has focused on interdisciplinary research at the interface between the sustainability of food and natural systems.