The Aquaculture Stewardship Council's 2025 Impact Report records close to 7,000 environmental and social improvements across its certified farm network, alongside growth in certified seafood production, a surge in feed mill certifications, and the introduction of a unified Farm Standard.
Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost has become the world's first Atlantic salmon producer to certify farms against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council's new Farm Standard, with three Faroese sites already certified and the remainder in the Faroe Islands and Scotland to follow ahead of the May 2028 transition deadline.
Brazilian cooperative C.Vale has become the first company in Brazil to receive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Feed Standard certification for its tilapia feed plant, completing ASC coverage across all three stages of the tilapia production chain: feed manufacturing, fish farming, and industrial processing.
Ethical Seafood Research (ESR) has partnered with Kenyan tilapia producer Rio Fish on a 24-month collaboration to improve fish welfare standards, introduce welfare monitoring tools, develop better slaughter practices, and pursue Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification — with the aim of extending those practices to Rio Fish's network of more than 1,500 farmers.