The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) recently celebrated a milestone. 500 products now carry the ASC logo, a marker that shows products meet with ASC certified criteria.
At the end of September last year, five months after the ASC logo was established, 92 products were certified. Just over a year on, that figure has increased five fold.
ASC labelled seafood can be found across 24 countries, with the ASC logo now reaching South Korean consumers.
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Gail Shea, federal fisheries minister, Canada has announced she will not lift the moratorium on aquaculture development that currently surrounds the Discovery Islands of British Colombia, Canada.
Gail Shea, federal fisheries minister, Canada has announced she will not lift the moratorium on aquaculture development that currently surrounds the Discovery Islands of British Colombia, Canada.
The announcement came earlier this week, almost a year after Justice Bruce Cohen, a B.C. Supreme Court Judge, released a report that told of the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run in 2009.
Peru has been a hot topic in the aquaculture world lately, amid reports from the Exporters Association of Peru (ADEX) that suggest value-added fisheries and aquaculture exports generate over US 1,000 million.
According to Humberto Speziani, president of ADEX, in 2002, Peru managed to export US$240 million worth of aquaculture products.
According to reports from ADEX, value-added fisheries and aquaculture generate exports for over
Among the main resources traded abroad, squid (giant squid), scallops, shrimp, mahi mahi, horse mackerel, anchovy and trout are highlighted.
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| Refuge Cove at south end of West Redonda Island in the Discovery Islands of British Columbia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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