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Farm Standard – Document Archive

Consultation period:

1 March – 30 April 2023
Status: closed

Public Consultation VII

Farm Standard Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality
Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Revised Criterion Draft

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality Consultation FAQ

Translations

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Revised Criterion Draft_Spanish

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Annexes Document_Spanish

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality Consultation Slides_Spanish

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Revised Criterion Draft_Vietnamese

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Annexes Document_Vietnamese

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality Consultation Slides_Vietnamese

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Revised Criterion Draft_Japanese

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality – Annexes Document_Japanese

Criterion 2.7 – Water Quality Consultation Slides_Japanese

Farm Standard Criterion 2.14 Fish Health and Welfare

Fish Health and Welfare Consultation FAQ

Criterion 2.14 – Fish Health and Welfare Consultation Questions Mar-Apr 2023

2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Requirement

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Slides

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Video

Translations

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Slides_Spanish

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Slides_French

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Slides_Japanese

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Slides_Turkish

Criterion 2.14c – Slaughter Audit Mechanism Consultation Slides_Vietnamese

2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Indicator

Criterion 2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Consultation Slides

Criterion 2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Consultation Video

Translations

Criterion 2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Consultation Slides_Spanish

Criterion 2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Consultation Slides_French

Criterion 2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Consultation Slides_Japanese

Criterion 2.14x – Eyestalk Ablation Consultation Slides_Vietnamese

Received feedback

Water Quality Stakeholder Consultation Summary Report

Fish Health and Welfare Stakeholder Consultation Summary Report

ASC Pike-perch Module Stakeholder Consultation Summary Report

Consultation period:

1 September – 31 October 2022
Status: Closed

Public Consultation VI

Key materials

Criterion Draft 2.6 – Benthic Impacts (English, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese)

Criterion Draft 2.14 – Fish Health and Welfare (English, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese)

Consultation Survey

Accompanying materials

ASC Farm Standards Comparison Tool

ASC TWG Whitepaper on Standards for Aquaculture Impacts on Benthic Habitat Biodiversity and Function

FAQ

Consultation questions (English, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese)

The French, German, Portuguese and Turkish versions do not include the questions on Criterion 2.6 – Benthic Impacts.

Slide deck ASC Farm Standard – Criterion 2.6 & 2.14 (English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Turkish)

Received Feedback

Public Consultation Summary Report – Benthic Impacts (English, Japanese, Spanish)

Public Consultation Summary Report – Fish Health and Welfare (English, Japanese)

Consultation period:

1 March – 30 April 2022
Status: Closed

Public Consultation V

Key materials
Draft ASC Farm Standard (English, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese).
Consultation Survey (active in English, French, German, Japanese, to come in: Mandarin, Vietnamese).

Accompanying materials

Consultation survey offline pdf version (English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese)

FAQ (English, French, German, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin)

Slides explaining the alignment project (English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese)

Slides explaining the proposal at criteria level (English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese)

ASC Farm Standards Comparison Tool

Supporting documents: Sea Lice 1Sea Lice 2Water Quality – Benthic Impacts – Critical Indicators

TWG and AAG documents 

Received Feedback

Feedback of March-April 2022 consultation

ASC-Farm-Standard-PC-V-Summary-Report-JP.pdf

Full Feedback

Consultation period:

1 September – 31 October 2021
Status: Closed

Consultation period:

19 August – 19 October 2016
Status: Closed

Other Documents

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