Following a rigorous science-based review process, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has updated its Salmon Standard and published version 1.4
Aquaculture
BASF’s solution increases the durability of fishing pontoons

Floating pontoons interconnected by plastic walkways act as enclosures to raise seafood like shrimp, oysters, and fish. (Image source: BASF)
BASF, a German multinational chemical company has supplied the light stabiliser Tinuvin to Fujian Atlantis Plastic Products Co. Ltd., a company specialising in the production and processing of plastic products for marine floats, to protect polypropylene (PP) pontoons used by fish farmers in Ningde, Fujian Province of China
Barramundi Group Australia eyes for responsible growth

The project plan has been submitted to relevant authorities, including the Environmental Protection Authority. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Barramundi Group Australia (BGA) has announced plans to expand its barramundi operation off the West Kimberley Coast
CP Foods pledges to protect marine ecosystem

According to CP Foods, approximately 500 T-shirts from 7,900 bottles (over 120 kg) were produced from PET bottles. (Image source: CP Foods)
Executive vice-president for aquaculture business at CP Foods Pairoj Apiruknusit has said that the company, as a leading company in food businesses, has recognised the urgency of the ocean waste problem which severely threatened the marine ecosystem, the key source of the worlds food security
Vietnam and China join hands in fishery release and conservation

Officials from both countries participated in the fish release event. (Image source: Ministry of agriculture and rural affairs, China)
China and Vietnam recently held a fishery release activity for restocking in the Beibu Gulf in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, and Halong, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam