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Back in the Field: How Ghana’s Aquaculture Sector Is Shaping Its Own Future
By Roy van Daatselaar and Lucas Santos Ghana’s aquaculture sector is moving fast, shaped by a growing population, rising demand for farmed seafood, and deepening collaboration across industry and government. As part of the ongoing partnership between the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Chamber of Aquaculture (COA) Ghana, a first field visit in October […]
Women in Aquaculture: Elisabeth Ueland
Safeguarding Quality at the Heart of Aquafeed As Quality Manager for Raw Materials and Suppliers at Skretting Stavanger in Norway, Elisabeth Ueland plays a key role in safeguarding aquafeed quality – starting with the ingredients that go into it. Working closely with procurement teams, she is responsible for ensuring that ingredient suppliers and the raw […]
ASC Advances Living Wage Implementation in Aquaculture with New Pilot Insights
ASC has published new insights from a multi-year pilot on living wage measurement and verification in aquaculture, carried out in partnership with IDH. The project provides practical insights into how living wage gaps can be measured and addressed in farmed seafood supply chains. Read the full report Between 2022 and 2025, ASC tested how living wage gaps can be measured and verified at farm level […]
Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence: How ASC Assists in De-Risking Aquaculture Supply Chains
Aquaculture plays a critical role in global food systems, employment and economic development. Continued growth in global aquaculture is helping to meet the growing demand for seafood. However, alongside its contributions, the sector is associated with human rights and environmental risks, such as unsafe working conditions, forced labour, inadequate living conditions for workers, water pollution, […]
Supporting Women Innovators in the Ocean Food Sector
Reflections from the Women in Ocean Food Programme – Latin America and the Caribbean By Patricia Bianchi, ASC AIP & Governance Manager Across Latin America and the Caribbean, a new generation of women is driving innovation in the ocean economy—developing solutions that address some of the sector’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. Earlier this […]
Shared Responsibility for Living Wage: Lessons from Other Sectors
Paying a living wage is not something farms can do alone. It requires collaboration across the entire value chain. But what does that collaboration look like in practice? Other sectors, such as garments and bananas, have begun experimenting with collaborative approaches to advancing living wage. While aquaculture has its own distinct characteristics, the experiences offer useful insights into […]
Transparency and Traceability: The Hidden Ingredients in Responsible Feed
The real debate around aquafeed’s environmental footprint is no longer focused on marine vs. plant ingredients; it’s all about traceable vs. unknown. Aquaculture has faced an enduring conflict of opinions: should we push diets toward plant-based ingredients, or retain greater reliance on marine inputs? A recent international study, led by Richard S. Cottrell of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and […]
Discovering Catfish: Facts, Farming and Flavour
Five reasons catfish is gaining fans and why farms are growing to meet global demand Looking for a fish that’s tasty, versatile and is increasingly being farmed responsibly? Catfish might just be your new favourite… Around the world, catfish is enjoying a boom in popularity. More people are cooking it at home, more restaurants are […]
Beyond Compliance: How ASC is Embedding Living Wage in Aquaculture Certification
In our previous blog of this series, we introduced the concept of living wage and explored why it is vital for sustainable seafood. Now, we turn to how ASC is moving from theory to practice by integrating living wage principles into the ASC Farm Standard. Over the years, ASC has led the way in social […]
Sustainability You Can Measure: ASC and the United Nations SDGs
In today’s fast-changing world of sustainability, everyone—from investors and regulators to everyday shoppers—wants more than promises. They want proof that businesses are making progress towards the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For seafood, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has become a trusted global standard for ensuring responsible seafood farming practices. In 2022, ASC […]