Congratulations to Vitapro S.A., Peru’s first feed mill to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification. The shrimp feed mill, which attained BAP certification in September, is located in Trujillo, Peru. Vitapro’s Inbalnor S.A. feed mill in Ecuador attained BAP certification in August. Both produce shrimp and fish feed under the Nicovita brand. Currently, there are
Following last month’s Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) in Ho Chi Minh City, representatives from the Global Aquaculture Alliance and its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division and The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) visited a Grobest feed mill in Vietnam to discuss ways to collaborate with key GAA supporters. GAA and IDH are working together to
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division in early September reinforced its commitment to responsible aquaculture with a revision to its website that dedicates separate webpages to program integrity. Within the new webpages are new documents and menu items, the release of which helps explain the lengths to which the third-party certification scheme
Birgitte Krogh-Poulsen is the newest member of the Global Aquaculture Alliance Standards Oversight Committee (SOC), the organization announced in early September. Krogh-Poulsen is an independent consultant for Poulsen Consulting, with more than 15 years of experience in international development work in Africa and Asia, specializing in child protection, elimination of child labor, forced labor and
Congratulations to GISIS, Ecuador’s first feed mill to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification. It’s also South and Central America’s third feed mill, outside of Chile, to earn the distinction. The shrimp and tilapia feed mill is located in Durán, Ecuador. Shrimp and tilapia companies sourcing from BAP-certified hatcheries, farms and processing plants can now source
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division has expanded its management team with the addition of Peter Carpenter as BAP certification manager, effective immediately. Carpenter comes to BAP with more than 30 years of seafood experience, most recently with Aqua Star. As BAP certification manager, Carpenter will provide full customer service to BAP-certified
Since 1998, the Global Aquaculture Advocate has been a trusted source of information on responsible aquaculture. It will continue to be for years to come with the October 2015 launch of a new Advocate website, featuring a variety of production-, supply- and market-related aquaculture news. The new Advocate website will blend the best of the
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division is pleased to announce the addition of Bureau Veritas to its team of BAP-approved third-party certification bodies. In a service agreement between the two organizations, Bureau Veritas Vietnam will be the technical center managing all related activities of Bureau Veritas Network in auditing and certification for
China is the world’s leading aquaculture producer, and now one of the leading global aquaculture importers, as well. Although China’s shrimp-farming industry has been experiencing reduced output due to production problems, the industry is striving to improve itself through improved practices and policies. A team of Global Aquaculture Alliance representatives visited China in early August to
Chile’s Patagonia Seafarms is Latin America’s first company and the fifth company worldwide qualified to offer four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) salmon. Four-star BAP status denotes that a product originates from a BAP-certified processing plant, farm, hatchery and feed mill. It’s the highest such achievement in the BAP program. Owned by Yadran Quellon S.A., Patagonia
The husband-and-wife team of Bill and Betty More may not be widely known throughout the global seafood industry, but their work in aquaculture has earned them admiration and respect in many parts of the world where seafood is produced. Not only do the Mores possess vast knowledge and experience gained over a half-century, they constantly
Congratulations to Petuna Aquaculture Pty. Ltd., the world’s first marine-farming company to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for both salmon and trout at the same farm site, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in mid-July. The company earned the distinction when its Liberty Point ocean trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farm site in Macquarie Harbour, on Tasmania’s
The Global Aquaculture Alliance is pleased to announce that James Wright has joined the organization, effective July 6. Wright will act as GAA’s editorial manager. Wright comes to GAA from Diversified Communications, where he acted as senior editor of SeafoodSource.com, a daily seafood news website with more than 40,000 subscribers worldwide. SeafoodSource.com is part of
Seajoy Group is Latin America’s first company qualified to offer four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) shrimp for its operations in both Honduras and Nicaragua. Four-star BAP status denotes that the product originates from a BAP-certified processing plant, farm, hatchery and feed mill. It’s the highest such achievement in the BAP program. Seajoy became eligible to offer four-star
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division invites new auditor candidates and returning auditors requiring refresher training to attend a BAP auditor training course in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, 2015. Click here for the Spanish version of the press release. The course is also open to industry observers, including
Congratulations to Clear Springs Foods, Inc. All of the U.S.-based company’s domestic rainbow trout farms recently attained Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in early June. It’s the world’s first rainbow trout farms to earn BAP certification. Founded in 1966, Clear Springs Foods is the world’s largest freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
The May release of the updated Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards for seafood processing and repacking plants will help protect program integrity due to the clearer and/or more rigorous treatment of drugs, supplier monitoring, social responsibility and multi-star traceability. As outlined in the Issue 4 processing plant standards, aquaculture drugs shall not be used unless
Congratulations to Cargill. Two of the company’s feed mills, Cargill de Honduras S. de R. L. and Cargill de Nicaragua S.A., recently earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification. The two feed mills are the first feed mills in Central America as well as Cargill’s first feed mills to attain BAP certification. The only other BAP-certified feed