Seafood is a nutritious protein source and a key but undervalued component of global food security. With declining outputs from land-based food production and general land and freshwater scarcity, it plays an essential role.
Celebrating Sea Country brings together seafood, native Australian ingredients, and contemporary cooking through a special collaboration between the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), acclaimed chef Mindy Woods, and the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Our free cookbook invites you to explore delicious seafood recipes created by Mindy that showcase native ingredients alongside ASC-labelled seafood. Each dish reflects her passion for culture, connection, and the belief that food can be a powerful way to share knowledge and bring people together.
3.3bn* people rely on seafood for at least 20% of animal protein consumption 400 – 600 million people are involved with the seafood sector, directly and indirectly.*
With the population estimated to reach 10 billion by 2050, and with wild-caught fisheries at capacity, the importance of seafood farming will continue to grow. However, care must be taken to limit the industry’s negative impacts.
* Data ref: UN Fisheries Panel (COFI36): Aquaculture as a solution to food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty
As an impact-driven organisation, ASC focuses on accelerating the transformation of the seafood farming industry towards sustainability through our world-leading farmed seafood certification programmes.
All changes – big and small – made by ASC certified farms contribute to the sustainable transformation of seafood farming.
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