The Aquaculture Stewardship Council is an independent, international not-for-profit organization that administers the world's leading certification and labeling program for responsible aquaculture.
Transform aquaculture towards environmental sustainability and social responsibility, using efficient market mechanisms that create value throughout the chain.
ASC works with aquaculture producers, seafood processors, retail and food service companies, scientists, conservation groups and consumers to:
Recognize and reward responsible aquaculture through the ASC aquaculture certification program and the seafood label.
Promote the best choice in the purchase of marine products, also considering environmental and social criteria.
Contribute to transform seafood markets towards sustainability.
ASC promotes industry best practices to minimize the environmental and social footprint of commercial aquaculture. Through the consumer label, ASC promotes responsibly grown certified products in the marketplace.
To achieve these goals, ASC is:
- Credible: ASC standards are developed and implemented in accordance with ISEAL guidelines, multi-stakeholder guidance, transparency, incorporating science-based metrics.
- Meaningful: The requirements in the standards are realistic, measurable and auditable, and deliver real change.
- Effective: A globally recognized and market-oriented program that aims to promote significant improvements in aquaculture production in a credible and profitable way that adds value to producers and buyers of certified products.
Control Union Services, is a certification body that carries out inspections, audits, verifications and certifications of various programs. It is accredited by ASI (Accreditation Services International) for the ASC and MSC CoC programs.
Control Union Services has a staff of qualified auditors worldwide, which allows us to make our work more efficient and profitable for our clients.
For more information, you can contact any of your local Control Union offices.
ASC FARMS
The ASC farm standards set strict requirements for responsible aquaculture for different aquatic organisms that encourage seafood producers to minimize the key environmental and social impacts of aquaculture. The ASC standards are based on best practices and sound science.
ASC Feed
ASC Feed Standard will be the first Standard to take into consideration the impacts created across all key ingredient groups and across the entire ingredient supply chain (feed mills & suppliers). Includes all major agriculture crops such as wheat, corn and canola, in addition to soy and palm oil, and marine ingredients.
The ASC Feed Standard became effective in January 2023 and feed mills are now applying for certification. ASC certified farms have until January 2025 to transition to ASC compliant feed produced under the ASC Feed Standard to continue to meet the ASC Farm Standards.
The following list of documents are separated by Farm and Feed: Documents 1 through 16 are for ASC Farms and from 17 through 19 are for ASC Feed.
Documents
Complainants are encouraged to submit copies of their complaints directly to ASC at: certification@asc-aqua.org; or to the following addresses:
CorrespondencePO Box 19107
3501 AD Utrecht
The Netherlands Office:
Nieuwekade 9
3511 RV Utrecht
The Netherlands
ComplaintsIf you have a complaint, you can send it to us by downloading the form available
here.
