Aquaculture

Canada’s national aquaculture strategy is entering its second phase.

Farmed shrimp certified to two-star, three-star and four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards are now equivalent to a yellow ‘Good Alternative’ rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® programme.

Tassal Operations’ Macquarie Harbour Farm has become the first farm in Australia to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

The grand opening of the largest closed-water shrimp production facility in the US will take place on 7 May.

A Peruvian scallop producer has become the first company in the world to enter assessment against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Bivalve Standard.

The Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue has handed over the shrimp standard to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), following seven years of development.