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.