Global Review of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Salmon Standard /

In response to the pressure “must meet 100 per cent of the [Standard] requirements” to admit more farms into the program, it is crucial for the ASC in order to be certified but, in reality, this is not the to hold the bar at best practices as defined in their theory of case. [...] It was and performance of global anticipated only the ‘best practice’ farms, defined as the top 15 per cent of all salmon aquaculture operations farms globally, would successfully meet the ASC’s Standards.9 Today, 27 per cent against the ASC Salmon of the global salmon farming industry’s production volume features the ASC eco- Standard as captured by label. [...] The report also farming company websites reviews the extent and impact of the practice of varying the Standard’s criteria at were collected and compared the request of auditors, for farms that cannot meet the criteria as written. [...] SUMMARY REPORT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL’S SALMON STANDARD 7 HOW THE ASC AND THE SALMON STANDARD WORK The ASC is the Standard holder. [...] SUMMARY REPORT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL’S SALMON STANDARD 13 THE EXTENT AND IMPACT OF AMENDMENTS: FINDINGS Amendments to the Standard and the auditor’s guidance document, known as the CAR, can occur by the way of variances, interpretations and operational reviews.