The Bremnes Seashore AS farm in Norway is the first farm to be audited against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s (ASC) Salmon Standard.
The ASC has said that the Leroy Hydrotech - Hogsneset Nord Farm will be audited later this month, and the first ASC certified products for responsibly farmed salmon are expected to be available to the market by the end of the year.
Villa Organic, a Norwegian producer, will also soon announce it's first ASC salmon audit: “Villa is proudly promoting ASC and is looking forward to soon bringing ASC certified salmon to the market” says Ove Magnar Thu, Managing Director Villa Sales.
Several other international companies have expressed their commitment to the ASC salmon programme. Marine Harvest, the world's largest producer of farmed salmon, publicly announced that it will seek ASC certification for all their salmon farms, making it the largest company to commit to the ASC certification programme.
