Prospect | |
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CAB | Publication date |
ASC Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 2021-09-14 |
Certificate holder | Date of submission |
2021-09-14 | |
Unit of certification | Species |
Country | Reference to other Q&As |
ALL |
Document | |
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Document reference | Version |
Salmon | 1.3 |
Indicator | Other relevant indicator/clause |
5.2.5 | 5.2.6 5.2.7 Appendix VII: Parasiticide Treatment Methodology |
Background |
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Background info |
Supporting evidence |
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Question |
As per Rationale of Criteria 5.2, the
release of veterinary chemicals in the marine environment is of ongoing
concern to ASC as its stakeholders. Indicators 5.2.5 – 5.2.7 intent to minimise
the number of in situ sea lice treatments as a means to limit the amount of veterinary chemicals/medicinal products that enter the
marine environment. Under the WMNT-calculation (see Appendix
VII), a number is set to any in situ treatment given. However, recent technological innovation (e.g.
the Benchmark CleanTreatÒ
system) has enabled producers to treat for sea lice in a closed contained
system (thus no longer in situ) that applies a treatment water
purification step in order to remove veterinary chemicals below quantifiable
levels, prior to discharge. Using treatments systems that do not treat
nor discharge in situ (e.g. the Benchmark CleanTreatÒ system),
the amount (and thereby the risk) of veterinary
chemicals/medicinal products that enter the marine environment
is mitigated. When farms apply these systems, which count
shall be allocated under the WNMT-calculation? |
Determination | |
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Effective date | |
September 14, 2021 | |
Rationale | |
For systems that 1) do not treat in situ and 2)
do not discharge effluent in the marine environment without prior sufficient
purification, a count of 0 (zero) shall be allocated to the WNMT. |