Aquaculture Certification Council, Inc. is a nongovernmental body established to certify social, environmental and food safety standards at aquaculture facilities throughout the world.
This nonprofit, nonmember public benefit corporation applies the Global Aquaculture Alliance Best Aquaculture Practices standards in a certification system that combines site inspections and effluent sampling with sanitary controls, therapeutic controls and traceability. Part of ACC's mission is to help educate the aquaculture public regarding the benefits of applying Best Aquaculture Practices and the advancing scientific technology that directs them.
ACC currently certifies shrimp hatcheries, shrimp, tilapia and channel catfish farms and seafood processing plants to include same species.
Japan’s Herring Season Falters: Catches Down 61% from Last Year Japan
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As the herring season winds down along Japan’s Sea of Japan coast, the numbers paint a sobering picture. Des...