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Omarsa beats Quoc Viet to title for first ASC certified shrimp farm

Ecuadorian family-owned farmer is first to complete certification, ahead of Vietnam's Quoc Viet, which had been aiming to be the one to be first

By Undercurrent News | Oct. 1, 2014 17:40 BST
Omarsa beats Quoc Viet to title for first ASC certified shrimp farm
Shrimp at 90 days old, at 20 grams each, on Omarsa's organic farm
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Ecuadorian shrimp exporter Omarsa has become the first shrimp producer to gain Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, with its three farms now certified to the standard [...]

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