Acquired ASC international certification for Jindo abalone, eco-friendly seafood of South Korea

Published 2022년 5월 2일

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has awarded certification to Jeonnam Jindo abalone, marking it as eco-friendly seafood. The certification process, which is costly and requires strict environmental management and worker rights and safety guarantees, was achieved after Jindo-gun engaged in education, consulting, and examination since 2019. This certification is expected to boost the ailing abalone aquaculture industry and enhance its export competitiveness to China and Japan. The region is known for its clean sea and lack of red tide damage. Jindo-gun plans to extend this certification to seaweeds and will use administrative power to promote sustainable fishery and eco-friendly seafood production.

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From environmental management to worker rights and safety, it is possible to guarantee Jeonnam Jindo abalone has been certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), an international eco-friendly seafood certification. ASC certification requires a difficult certification process and a lot of cost, including environmental management to guaranteeing workers’ rights and safety, but Jindo-gun has been carrying out education, consulting, and examination since 2019 to become an eco-friendly seafood production area, and it has come to fruition. Jindo-gun expects that the abalone ASC international certification will revitalize the abalone aquaculture industry, which is experiencing difficulties such as price drops and consumption limits, and help secure export competitiveness to China and Japan. In particular, it is expected that the preference for internationally certified eco-friendly seafood will increase in a situation where consumers are increasingly interested in the ...

Source: Susantimes