About Us
MarinTrust is a unique international certification programme for marine ingredient certification, an initiative of Marine Ingredients Certifications Ltd
Our Purpose
“To champion best practice in fisheries and production for Marine Ingredients”
Our aim is to keep improving the responsible sourcing and production of global marine ingredients through an accessible programme of certification.
Our ambition is for 75% of all marine ingredients to be MarinTrust certified, in application, in assessment or in the MarinTrust Improver Programme by 2025.
Our Vision
“To see Marine Ingredients recognised as the best and most important source of animal and human nutrition”.
Our Mission
“To improve responsible fishery sourcing and production of Marine Ingredients globally”.
Our History
Now over 10 years old, the MarinTrust standard is no longer the new kid on the block that it was in 2010 when the first IFFO RS certificate was granted to a marine ingredient producer.
Through this timeline, you are invited to explore the evolution of the MarinTrust Programme, from the first version of the IFFO RS Standard in 2009 to the leading business to business third-party audited standard of today.
Internationally Credible Assessment Programme
MarinTrust works with third party accredited (ISO 17065) certification bodies which audit fishmeal and fish oil producing factories and assess the responsibility of fisheries.
The Key principles of the MarinTrust standard are responsible sourcing and responsible production, with full traceability and product segregation as key requirements.
Third party recognition
MarinTrust holds the biggest share of the market, with more than half the world’s production now MarinTrust certified. The standard is recognised and endorsed throughout the marine ingredient value chain, and by aquaculture certification programmes including BAP, ASC and Global GAP, as well as feed manufacturers, retailers and pet food manufacturers.
The MarinTrust programme is embedded in sourcing policies and supported by international NGOs including WWF, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and CeDePesca.
Credibility is enhanced through ISEAL membership, which gives reassurance to the value chain that the standard has been developed using a globally recognised framework and complies with ISEAL’s codes of good practice related to assurance, impacts assessment and monitoring.
Where do the MarinTrust Standards sit in the value chain?
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