The Aquaculture Standards Committee usually meets twice per year. We aim to have a wide and representative spread of appropriate expertise on the committee together with consumer and public interest representatives. The Aquaculture Standards Committee's remit is to develop and keep under review our aquaculture standards and to deal with any relevant issues referred to the committee from licensees, Soil Association members, the public or our certification department. Agendas of meetings: We like to keep our standards setting process as transparent as possible. To view the last meetings' agendas, please visit the links below. Our minutes will be coming online soon but in the meantime, are available on request. AqSC 24/03/06 [PDF, 52 KB] AqSC 12/04/05 [PDF, 40 KB] Issues that have arisen in recent meetings: There are currently no discussions being held. Current aquaculture consultation Current committee members and their expertise: Craig Burton: Sea Fish Industry Authority Eric Edwards: Fisheries consultant Phillip Gallimore: Licensee - fish feed mill Martin Gill: Food Certification Scotland Ltd Vera Heffernan: Irish Sea Fisheries Board Jimmie Hepburn: Organic fish farming advisor Andrew Lane: Licensee - shellfish farmer David Little: The Institute of Aquaculture Alex McInnes: Licensee - smoking and packing John Roberts: Licensee - shellfish farmer John Webster: Scottish Quality Salmon Nigel Woodhouse: Chair, SA Council member and licensee - trout farmer This page will be updated as changes to the aquaculture standards committee arise. The next meeting will be arranged if and when any issues arise. For more information, please contact Liz Austin at eaustin@soilassociation.org. VACANCY Consumer members for standards committees We are looking for a new consumer member of the Aquaculture Standards Committee. You must: · Have an interest in the work area of the committee and be able to follow the discussions · Have experience of working to reach collective decisions on committees · Be a Soil Association member with a commitment to organic production. You will need to be able to commit some time to the post. Committees meet around two or three times a year and we have the occasional conference call and email discussion. If you would like more information about any of the committees or would like to send in your CV, please email Amanda at awoodmanhardy@soilassociation.org