ASEAN shrimp standard aims to streamline region's farming practices in 2015
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Brunei Times] by Bong S. Sarmiento - August 19, 2014
Stakeholders are seeking a common shrimp standard for the ASEAN region, hoping to make it effective early in 2015 in line with the ASEAN Economic Integration.
A draft of the ASEAN shrimp standard has already been completed and is now open for comments from the public until October 10, 2014.
A steering committee of 14 industry and non-government stakeholders designed the draft standard to be a workable tool for the shrimp industry in ASEAN to improve the sustainability, environmental and social performance of farming, especially at the small-scale, and receive recognition in key export markets, a statement released by the group from Jakarta, Indonesia said...
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