The new edition of the Latvian seafood guide features information about the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) programme for responsible aquaculture for the first time.

The launch of ASC in Latvia’s seafood guide follows the introduction of the ASC logo in the Dutch, Swedish, Indonesian, Spanish, Belgian, Finnish, and Hong Kong editions.

“We have had a very positive response to the ASC from the market. This year alone, ASC labelled products have been introduced in 40 new countries across five continents. And, since recently ASC certified pangasius became available in Latvia as well,” said Esther Luiten, ASC’s Commercial Manager.

The sustainable seafood guide can now to be found in 18 countries. It has helped consumers around the world choose sustainably wild caught fish since the first version was launched in the Netherlands nearly a decade ago.

The guide simply tells shoppers which seafood to enjoy and which to avoid. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Seafood Choices Alliance, and the North Sea Foundation together developed the methodology, which measures the level of sustainability of seafood species.

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