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July 8, 2024

5 Delicious Seafood Recipes BY Nornie Bero To Celebrate NAIDOC Week

To celebrate this year’s NAIDOC week, the ASC has teamed up with Chef Nornie Bero to create a free recipe book, featuring 5 delicious sustainable seafood recipes that highlight Indigenous ingredients. This year’s NAIDOC week theme is “Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud”. We couldn’t think of a better embodiment of this spirit, […]

June 5, 2024

Australian Senate Inquiry into Greenwashing

ASC MEDIA STATEMENT Transparency is at the heart of everything we stand for and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) condemns greenwashing and any form of manipulation of stakeholders, especially consumers, who want to make the shift to responsibly produced seafood. As a global not for profit organisation with a mission to transform aquaculture toward best practice, […]

March 19, 2024

ASC & MSC release the Super Seafood Report

“Gen Z’s Seafood Gap Needs Attention” Experts Speak Out. Why 60% of Australia’s Younger Generation are Not Eating Enough Super Seafood. Dr Joanna McMillan contributes to the super seafood report While 90% of Australians claim to eat seafood, a new report has revealed that younger generations, particularly Gen Z, are less likely to eat seafood […]

March 19, 2024

Sustainable Seafood Awards Australia 2024 Winners

Awards show progress being made on Super Seafood  The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) unveiled the annual Sustainable Seafood Awards winners at the launch of the Super Seafood campaign to raise awareness about ASC and MSC certified seafood. Dr Joanna Mc Millan The event took place at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney with […]

January 17, 2024

ASC VR Australia

18 January 2024 ASC Statement on Variance Request from Tassal The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is committed to ensuring that seafood is produced in an environmentally and socially responsible way. The ASC Salmon Standard ensures that wildlife continues to be protected and that ASC certified farms adhere to good management practices to reduce impact on […]

September 6, 2021

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council responds to recent articles in The Australian following the release of the WWF’s report on Eco-Labelling

As a science led, not-for-profit organisation, we always welcome questions and requests for information about the ASC programme and the improvement of responsible and sustainable practices in Aquaculture.  The WWF report raises many important questions about sustainable salmon farming in Tasmania, many of which are already known to us and have prompted developments in our […]

September 6, 2021

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council responds to recent WWF Australia report on Macquarie Harbour

ASC response to the  Review of Eco-labelling Standards in Relation to Salmon Farming in Macquarie Harbour,  a report commissioned by WWF Australia.  The ASC welcomes the review. It presents a number of helpful recommendations that build on the existing credible ASC certification framework and recognises that the “ASC standard functioned successfully in Macquarie Harbour”.    ASC is an independent charity operating a voluntary certification scheme – a market-based programme that recognises […]

March 15, 2021

The seafood chefs driving change in Australia

Meet the Chefs: To celebrate Sustainable Seafood Week and the ASC’s commitment to ensuring responsibly farmed fish across Australia and the globe, we’ve teamed up with three talented chefs to share some great recipes inspired by Australian ASC certified seafood. Analiese Gregory Born in New Zealand and having learned her craft in top restaurants around […]

March 10, 2021

Virtual classroom event with Taronga zoo

We are so pleased to announce the launch of our first ASC Australian Education module, a joint endeavour with our sister organisation the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council). We will launch this module with a virtual classroom live from Taronga Zoo on Thursday the 11th March at 2pm AEST The lesson will feature an introduction to […]

March 8, 2021

Australia’s most sustainable seafood revealed in Sustainable Seafood Awards 2021

And the Winners are… This year’s Sustainable Seafood Awards is hosted by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) , and commends people and organisations that are leading the way in protecting the future of our seafood. The awards were judged by a panel of highly regarded members of the sustainability […]

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