SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015
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WWF is very proud to walk side by<br />
side with Tassal on their responsible<br />
journey by providing advice on the<br />
implementation of sustainability<br />
strategy and action plans; reviewing<br />
the sustainability of operations; offering<br />
support and recommendations; and<br />
providing guidance through the rigorous<br />
ASC certification process.<br />
Through all this, Tassal has made costly<br />
operational changes based on our<br />
advice, and invested time and resources<br />
to achieve sustainability goals,<br />
proving time and time again that their<br />
commitment to sustainability, both in<br />
terms of financial and human resources.<br />
Tassal installed predator-proof<br />
‘Kikko’ nets and seal-proof bird nets<br />
to minimise interactions between<br />
people, farms and wildlife. Tassal<br />
also developed new management,<br />
monitoring and reporting processes<br />
to provide open and transparent<br />
reporting of all wildlife interactions within<br />
aquaculture operation. Tassal removed<br />
copper-based anti-foulant paints<br />
from all infrastructure and is currently<br />
working with its feed supplier Skretting<br />
to significantly reduce the proportion of<br />
wild fish in its aquaculture feeds.<br />
A critical part of the WWF-Tassal<br />
partnership is Tassal’s investment in<br />
conservation projects, demonstrating<br />
Tassal’s commitment to safeguarding<br />
and sustaining our oceans. For<br />
example, Tassal’s funds have enabled<br />
James Cook University scientists,<br />
Indigenous Australian sea rangers and<br />
traditional owners to undertake three<br />
years of surveying the distribution of<br />
the Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific<br />
humpback dolphins in key areas in<br />
the Gulf of Carpentaria and northern<br />
Queensland. Tassal funds are also<br />
supporting the development of a<br />
fishery improvement project for the<br />
Peruvian Anchovy Fishery, the largest<br />
single-species fishery in the world.<br />
WWF is very proud of its partnership<br />
with Tassal, and, with the global<br />
sustainability leadership Tassal has<br />
brought to the Salmon aquaculture<br />
industry. We look forward to building<br />
on awareness and progress over the<br />
last three years to see ASC become<br />
the new standard expected of the<br />
entire Australian farmed Salmon<br />
industry. We look forward to promoting<br />
similar standards in other important<br />
aquaculture sectors such as prawns and<br />
barramundi. With Tassal’s acquisition of<br />
De Costi Seafoods we look forward to<br />
a new partnership which will motivate<br />
the entire Australian Seafood industry<br />
toward a sustainable Seafood future.<br />
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Dermot O’Gorman<br />
Tassal Sustainability Report <strong>2015</strong> 37
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