Soil Association organic fish-farming standards

The Soil Association’s organic fish farming standards took top place and scored 90 % in a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) study of 24 international aquaculture certification schemes.

The study analysed existing certification programmes against criteria that WWF believes are important to achieve sustainability and credibility in the aquaculture sector. The four key issues examined were environment, social issues, animal welfare and the standard setting and certification process. Ten organic standards were included in the study and gave the top ten scores.

Soil Association Aquaculture Programme Manager Peter Bridson said that they had always been committed to developing the highest standards possible for farmed fish, particularly for salmon and trout in the UK, and that it was very encouraging to get international recognition from an organisation such as WWF. Despite having the highest score, the report still highlighted areas for further improvement. He continued that some of these had already been achieved since the report was drafted, but they were continuously working to improve the standards even further.

Klick here for the study

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