Springhills rainbow trout just got the highest score for ecological sustainability by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program.
This puts Springhills among the most eco-friendly fish farms in the world.
Seafood Watch helps retailers, distributors and consumers make informed decisions about fish and seafood. The program uses a traffic light system with green being the ‘Best Choice’ for protecting underwater ecosystems.
This rating was hard-earned, and involved a very deep evaluation of our farming practices at our net-pens and land-based farms.
We partnered with several other fish farms in Ontario to jointly share years of data from our water quality monitoring, habitat studies, sediment sampling, feed and chemical usage, escapes and wildlife interactions — which Seafood Watch vetted through additional interviews with regulators, researchers and vets!
The 148-page evaluation highlighted that data availability was good, most environmental impacts are low concerns, effluent has no cumulative impacts on water bodies, antimicrobial use is low, and concerns with escapes are low.
You can find all the recommendations on the Seafood Watch website, or read the full 148-page evaluation.
