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Articles posted during the month of May 2015

• Newsroom

  May 27, 2015

  Chris Keller Joins BAP As Market Development Manager-Retail

  The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division has expanded its market development team with the addition of Chris Keller as BAP’s market development manager-retail for North America. Keller comes to BAP with more than 20 years of retail experience, most notably with Walmart Stores. While at Walmart for 15 years, Keller held numerous […]

• Newsroom

  May 22, 2015

  GAA Partners With Preferred Freezer, UMass Dartmouth To Build Aquaculture Facilities Database

  The Global Aquaculture Alliance is partnering with Preferred Freezer Services and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on a project to build a global database of aquaculture facilities, including processing plants, farms, hatcheries and feed mills. The project is championed and funded by John Galiher, CEO of Preferred Freezer Services, a member of the GAA board […]

• Newsroom

  May 22, 2015

  Applications Sought for Preferred Freezer Services Global Aquaculture Innovation & Leadership Award

  The Global Aquaculture Alliance is accepting applications for the Preferred Freezer Services Global Aquaculture Innovation & Leadership Award, the organization announced on May 21. This is the third consecutive year that GAA has organized the competition and the second consecutive year that Preferred Freezer Services has sponsored the competition. Preferred Freezer Services is also a […]

• Newsroom

  May 19, 2015

  GAA Adds To Market Development Team In Australia, New Zealand

  The Global Aquaculture Alliance welcomes Norm Grant and Kent Inglis to the market development team of GAA’s Best Aquaculture Practices division. Grant and Inglis will act as business development manager for BAP in Australia and New Zealand, respectively. “We are very excited that Norm and Kent are joining GAA as it carries out its mission […]

• Newsroom

  May 5, 2015

  Two More Members Join RAF Board

  Dr. Everett Barnes Jr. of RMC Research Corporation and Dr. Michael Tlusty of the New England Aquarium have joined the board of directors of the Responsible Aquaculture Foundation (RAF), the educational arm of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA). Barnes is president and owner of RMC Research Corporation, a private government consulting company he joined in […]

• Education

  May 4, 2015

  Sustainable Seafood — Are You Truly Covered?

  Sustainable seafood is a top-10 trend in the National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot in 2015” survey, and sourcing seafood responsibly is a priority for chefs and foodservice providers in the United States and worldwide. But are you truly covered? Sourcing from the Best Aquaculture Practices program means your seafood came from third-party certified facilities that […]