Farmed Fish & shellFish sourcing transparency 2017

Common Name Scientific Name Country Region Farming Method M&S Select Farm Standard in place

3rd Party Certification Status

Further Information

Atlantic Halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Norway Near Stavanger Under

development Nil Halibut is a high value marine flatfish that is farmed in small volumes by a handful of farms in Norway. The fish take at least five years to reach market size.

Black Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

Vietnam

Southern Vietnam Yes Nil

We source black tiger shrimp from two family owned small-scale shrimp farms in southern Vietnam. Our processing partner in Vietnam uses these shrimp and other high quality Vietnamese ingredients to hand-make a range of Asian-themed foods for M&S.

Black Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

VietnamSoc Trang Yes Aquaculture Stewardship

Council (ASC) Certified

We source extensively grown black tiger shrimp from southern Vietnam. This means they are grown without aquafeed in large ponds located near the sea. The shrimp feed on naturally occurring feed such as algae. This is a very traditional, low input, low impact farming system in which communities tend to own and manage the ponds. Our supplier buys shrimp from the communities and then processes them to our standards.

Black Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

VietnamCà Mau Yes Organic Certified

We source extensively grown black tiger shrimp from southern Vietnam. This means they are grown without aquafeed in large ponds located near the sea. The shrimp feed on naturally occurring feed such as algae. This is a very traditional, low input, low impact farming system in which communities tend to own and manage the ponds. Our supplier buys shrimp from the communities and then processes them to our standards.

Black Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

Madagascar

North and northwest Madagascar

Yes37% Organic certified, 63% GLOBALG.A.P. Certified

Madagascan black tigers are top tier farmed shrimp. And they are scarce. We source from the only two farms operating in Madagascar, one of which produces organic shrimp.

Blue Mussels

Mytilus edulisScotland

West Coast and Shetland

Under development

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certified and Friend of the Sea Certified

Mussels and other farmed bivalve shellfish are among the most sustainable aquaculture products because they don't require aquafeed and have a low environmental impact. We source through a long established cooperative composed mostly of family-owned mussel farm members in Shetland and the west coast of Scotland. Some non-members also supply us. All cooperative members are Friend of the Sea certified and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified.

King Shrimp / Prawn

Penaeus vannamei

Honduras Gulf of Fonseca Yes Aquaculture Stewardship

Council (ASC) Certified

Our Honduran farm is a semi-intensive operation that M&S has been working with for over 25 years. Our supplier has high standards of animal welfare and employee conditions of service, and it has low environmental impact. It is also involved in a wide range of community development projects.

King Shrimp / Prawn

Penaeus vannamei

Indonesia Sumatra Yes Aquaculture Stewardship

Council (ASC) Certified

We source from a large vertically integrated shrimp farming business in Sumatra. Here the company supplies shrimp larvae and aquafeed from its own hatchery and feed plant, provides ponds and other farming infrastructure, oversees the farming operations and it processes all the shrimp. But the small and multiple shrimp farms within the estate-type operation are operated by private farmers working for themselves.

Farmed Fish & shellFish sourcing transparency 2017

Common Name Scientific Name Country Region Farming Method M&S Select Farm Standard in place

3rd Party Certification Status

Further Information

King Shrimp / Prawn

Penaeus vannamei

Belize Placencia Yes Aquaculture Stewardship

Council (ASC) CertifiedWe source shrimp from a handful of small and medium scale privately owned intensive and semi-intensive farms in Belize.

King Shrimp / Prawn

Penaeus vannamei

VietnamNga Trang Yes Aquaculture Stewardship

Council (ASC) CertifiedThis is a family-owned intensive shrimp farming business mainly based near Nga Trang on Vietnam’s south-eastern coast.

LochmuirTM - Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salarScotland

West Coast, Orkney and Shetland

Yes GLOBALG.A.P. Certified and RSPCA Assured

We have partnered with a leading Scottish salmon farmer to produce Lochmuir™ salmon, which is exclusive to M&S. Lochmuir is distinct from other farmed salmon by virtue of its specially formulated high quality diet, lower stocking densities and a range of other husbandry measures set out in our Select Farm Assurance (Atlantic Salmon) Standard.

Organic Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salarScotland

Orkney and Shetland Yes Organic Certified

Organic Atlantic salmon are only produced by a handful of farms. They differ from conventionally farmed salmon mainly in the areas of reduced stocking density and organic aquafeed. We source from one UK and one Norwegian producer.

Organic Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salarNorway

Central Norway Yes Organic CertifiedOrganic Atlantic salmon are only produced by a handful of farms. They differ from conventionally farmed salmon mainly in the areas of reduced stocking density and organic aquafeed. We source from one UK and one Norwegian producer.

Pangasius

Pangasius hypophthalmus

Vietnam Mekong Delta Under

developmentAquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Certified

Pangasius is a fish native to the Mekong River in Vietnam. It is one of the most sustainable fish species in aquaculture. It produces a white fillet that has a mild flavour. We sometimes use it as a source of good quality whitefish in prepared foods.

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Scotland

Loch Etive, Loch Awe, Loch Earn

Yes GLOBALG.A.P. Certified and RSPCA Assured

Rainbow trout are native to the Pacific west coast of America but they have been farmed across Europe and globally for more than a century. We source from a privately-owned farm that has both seawater and freshwater production sites in Scotland.

Seabass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Turkey Aegean Sea Yes GLOBALG.A.P. Certified

Seabass and seabream are farmed alongside each other at offshore floating net pen sites. This aquaculture industry is centred in the Mediterranean Sea, much of it in the Aegean area. These fish are highly prized as table fish in Greece, Italy, Spain and France, and are mostly sold whole in these markets. We source from vertically integrated farms in Turkey and Greece.

Seabass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Greece Aegean Sea Yes GLOBALG.A.P. Certified

Seabass and seabream are farmed alongside each other at offshore floating net pen sites. This aquaculture industry is centred in the Mediterranean Sea, much of it in the Aegean area. These fish are highly prized as table fish in Greece, Italy, Spain and France, and are mostly sold whole in these markets. We source from vertically integrated farms in Turkey and Greece.

Farmed Fish & shellFish sourcing transparency 2017

Common Name Scientific Name Country Region Farming Method M&S Select Farm Standard in place

3rd Party Certification Status

Further Information

Seabream

Sparus aurata Turkey

Aegean Sea Yes GLOBALG.A.P. Certified

Seabass and seabream are farmed alongside each other at offshore floating net pen sites. This aquaculture industry is centred in the Mediterranean Sea, much of it in the Aegean area. These fish are highly prized as table fish in Greece, Italy, Spain and France, and are mostly sold whole in these markets. We source from vertically integrated farms in Turkey and Greece.

Seabream

Sparus aurataGreece

Aegean Sea Yes GLOBALG.A.P. Certified

Seabass and seabream are farmed alongside each other at offshore floating net pen sites. This aquaculture industry is centred in the Mediterranean Sea, much of it in the Aegean area. These fish are highly prized as table fish in Greece, Italy, Spain and France, and are mostly sold whole in these markets. We source from vertically integrated farms in Turkey and Greece.

Farmed Fish & shellFish sourcing transparency 2017

Farming Method List Description

Floating net pen farming Cage or net pen farming refers to a method of aquaculture used for finfish. Large cages are suspended in Lochs and offshore and inshore areas. They are attached to floats on the surface which keep them suspended and weights which anchor the cages to the seabed.

Freshwater pond farming Fish are reared in ponds under carefully controlled conditions operating to specific standards for management of farms and farming practice. Feed is very strictly controlled from a single source. Fish are harvested from the ponds using nets.

Hand dived This is a traditional method of harvesting molluscs such as scallops and clams, in which a diver collects the target species by hand. Hand tools may be used to gather molluscs, such as tongs or rakes.

Lantern net grown Lanterns are a type of mesh cage suspended from lines which are floated by buoys. This is a very low-impact farming method and can be used for cultivating scallops. The scallops are placed in the lanterns and suspended in the water column. Feed is not required because scallops are filter feeders, which means they filter particles of food from the water column.

Seawater pond farming Our warm water prawns are cultivated in large ponds situated in coastal regions of Indonesia, Honduras, Madagascar, Belize and Vietnam. The pond is a controlled environment where water quality and feed inputs are carefully monitored to ensure the optimum conditions. When the prawns are ready to harvest, the water is drained from the pond and the prawns are captured using nets.

Seawater tank farming

Tank farming systems can be used for finfish or shellfish. Within these closed systems water can be obtained and treated in either one of two ways:

1. Pumped from a nearby water source such as a river or the sea, filtered, used in the system, filtered and treated to remove any waste or contaminants and then pumped back or

2. As above but where the water is not pumped back to the source but remains in the system using re-circulation technology.

Suspended rope grownMussels, which feed on plankton and organic particles in the surrounding water, are grown on ropes suspended from floats on the surface of sea Lochs and offshore and inshore areas. The mussels use their byssus threads to attach themselves to the ropes. Once they have reached their optimum size, the ropes are hauled on board a vessel, and the mussels are removed from the ropes. Rope grown systems do little to disturb the ecosystem and they can even improve water quality – because molluscs work as filters.

M&S Select Farm Assurance Standard in place

Yes M&S Select Farm Assurance Standard in place for species.

Under Development M&S Select Farm Assurance Standard in development for species.

Certification Status

CertifiedThis category refers to where the species has been farmed at a location which has been assured or certified to a recognised standard by an independent third party. For example, Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified, GLOBALG.A.P. assured, Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certified, Friend of the Sea certified or RSPCA Assured. Not all products containing certified seafood are labelled.

Nil This category refers to the species has been farmed at a location which has not been assured or certified to a recognised standard by an independent third party.

M&S & WWF Sustainable Seafood Charter: As part of M&S’ Plan A and WWF’s Seafood Charter, M&S and WWF have been working together since 2010 to promote and ensure responsible sourcing of sustainable seafood at M&S. WWF assesses and advises M&S on the environmental sustainability of its seafood. Together we identify and develop projects for M&S’ wild and farmed fish to assist fisheries and farms to meet the highest seafood environmental standards.

Disclaimer: Species and farm sourcing information disclosed covers the period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.We will review and update the information within this disclosure as appropriate on an annual basis. Situations may arise during the year where we may need to deviate from what is presented within this disclosure (e.g. a change to the availability of certain species) or we may decide to introduce new species into our offer. We have strict protocols in place to manage this eventuality and all species are sourced in accordance with our standards. Find out more about our approach to sourcing fish and shellfish – http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/plan-a/our-approach/food-and-household/product-standards/raw-materials-commodities-and-ingredients/fish-and-shellfish

Farmed Fish & shellFish sourcing transparency 2017