Aquaculture Stewardship Council Sustainability Commitments
2025
New ASC Farm Standard
The new ASC Farm Standard unifies previous species-specific standards into a single, streamlined framework built around four core principles: legal compliance and effective business management; environmental stewardship; respecting and promoting human rights; and responsible animal health and welfare practices.
2025
ASC Feed Standard v1.1
To align feed to farm reporting data with the upcoming ASC Farm Standard and EU legislative requirements, ASC launched a stakeholder consultation on proposed updates to the Feed Standard. The Feed Standard v1.1 includes post-consultation changes to greenhouse gas reporting requirements in recognition of data limitations. Other changes include enhancements to the ASC Greenhouse Gas Calculator, adding additional clarity on its methods and data sources, along with added flexibility to deforestation/conversion cutoffs for lower-risk ingredients.
2025
CAR: Assurance Requirements Supporting the ASC Farm Standard
The CAR outlines the assurance requirements and processes that will support the ASC Farm Standard and the ASC Feed Standard certification programmes. The new version of the CAR includes a number of improvements including streamlining the audit process from application to certification, simplification of Group Requirements, updates to critical non-conformity actions, amendments to auditor and CAB personnel competency, and an amended unannounced audit programme based on number of clients​.
