The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has announced that Huon Aquaculture, New Zealand King Salmon and Ventisqueros, from Tasmania, New Zealand and Chile respectively, are the latest farmed salmon producers to join the leadership initiative.
The addition of these three new companies brings GSI’s membership to 17, representing more than 70% of the industry’s total global production, and highlights the growing commitment of the industry towards improving sustainability.
“GSI is thrilled to have expanded its global representation with the addition of three new member companies who share our vision, including representation in Oceania for the first time,” said Ricardo Garcia, current Co-Chair of GSI and CEO of Camanchaca. “Together, through global collaboration, we are even better positioned to continue progress towards our objectives as we move the industry to a more sustainable future.”
By joining GSI, these new members commit to prioritising collaboration over competition when it comes to improving the sustainable performance of the industry. By working together, all GSI members have committed to reaching the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Salmon Standard by 2020; improving biosecurity management, including an immediate focus on sea lice; and working with industry stakeholders to secure sustainable sources of salmon feed to meet growing demand.
Huon Aquaculture, founded in Tasmania’s rugged far south, is a vertically integrated company that processes and sells approximately 15,000 tonnes of premium quality Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout products to domestic and international markets each year.
New Zealand King Salmon, with five farms based in the Marlborough Sounds region and three processing facilities in Nelson, is the world's largest producer of Pacific King Salmon.
Ventisqueros, a vertically integrated Chilean farmed salmon producer, is 100% owned by the private Schorghüber Corporate Group of Germany. Last year, the company harvested 45,000 metric tonnes, out of which 30,000 were Atlantic salmon.
All three companies have been operating for 25 years.
