On the eve of Seafood Expo North America (SENA) on March 14, the Global Aquaculture Alliance hosted two half-day tours of retail outlets in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. The tour gave SENA exhibitors from China and Vietnam the opportunity to view first hand their seafood products on display at Wegmans, Stop & Shop and BJ’s
In light of media reports of worker abuse in the seafood supply chain, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) reiterates that it’s fully committed to social justice as one of the pillars of its responsible aquaculture program. Social issues are prominently addressed within GAA’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program. BAP-certified processing plants, farms, hatcheries and
In conjunction with the Global Aquaculture Alliance, The Fishin’ Company presented the preliminary results of a consumer survey at the GAA membership and update meeting at Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on March 16. Administered by The Fishin’ Company and fielded by Field Agent, the survey consisted of more than 40
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) is among the third-party seafood certification schemes that are about to undergo pilot testing against the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative’s (GSSI) updated Global Benchmark Tool. The announcement came during Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on March 17. GSSI’s updated Global Benchmark Tool include GSSI
The Global Aquaculture Alliance recognized nine companies with its “Commitment to Excellence” award at Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on March 16. The companies were recognized for achieving four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status within recent months. There are now a total of 18 four-star BAP companies. The companies are C.P. Vietnam
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has strengthened its online presence by re-launching its websites — www.gaalliance.org and bap.gaalliance.org — designed to better communicate its mission of advocating, educating and demonstrating responsible aquaculture practices to feed and employ future generations. The new GAA and Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) websites made their official debut at Seafood Expo North
True North salmon from Atlantic Canada and Maine has achieved four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status. True North salmon is produced by Cooke Aquaculture Inc. — North America’s largest vertically integrated, independent salmon-farming company. Four-star BAP status denotes a combination of the company’s salmon processing plants, farms, feed mills and hatcheries are BAP certified. It’s
Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) is the first salmon company in British Columbia — and only the second in the world — to achieve a new level of aquaculture certification. The announcement of four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status marks the culmination of full certification of the company’s salmon processing plants, farm sites, hatcheries and feed mills,
The Responsible Aquaculture Foundation (RAF), the charitable arm of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), is partnering with the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to deliver learning modules on the prevention and management of early mortality syndrome (EMS) in shrimp for famers and other stakeholders in Vietnam. Developed by the UNH Cooperative Extension, UNH School of
The Viet Nam Pangasius Association (VNPA) will lead a three-member delegation at Seafood Expo North American (SENA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from March 15 to 17. The VNPA delegation will be led Chairman Dr. Nguyen Viet Thang, Vice Chairman and General Secretary Dr. Vo Hung Dung and Mr. Tran Van Hung, a member of the
The China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA) will lead a delegation of about 150 people from more than 50 seafood companies at Seafood Expo North American (SENA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from March 15 to 17. CAPPMA is China’s leading seafood trade association and has been providing information for the industry and government,
The Global Aquaculture Alliance is holding a membership and update meeting at Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in Room 205C of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) on Monday, March 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. GAA is exhibiting at SENA in booth No. 481. Both the membership meeting and
The Global Aquaculture Alliance takes a proactive stance against the abuse of antibiotics in aquaculture and its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program provides a mechanism to follow up on alleged infractions. Restrictions on antibiotic use are addressed in great detail in both the BAP finfish and crustacean farm standards and BAP seafood processing
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is proud to announce that it has joined as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, CGI, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders to create and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. GAA received an invitation
The Global Aquaculture Alliance is launching an initiative to finance a range of projects to further responsible aquaculture and ultimately increase the availability of certified seafood production worldwide, the organization announced in early February. GAA Executive Director Wally Stevens made the announcement on Day 1 of the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
July, 2013 Albion Fisheries Ltd., Western Canada’s largest seafood distributor, is the latest processing facility to earn Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) announced in mid-July. Albion’s 65,000-square-foot processing plant in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, attained BAP certification on July 12, becoming the first full-line seafood distributor in Canada to earn
March, 2014 Truchas Belmira S.A.S. is the world’s first rainbow trout processing plant to earn Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in early March. Located in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, the facility processed 360 metric tons of trout last year and is expected to process 800 metric tons of fish this year.
April, 2013 The Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in late April that Pacific Seafood Group’s steelhead trout farm on the Columbia River is the United States’ first steelhead trout or salmon farm to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification. Operated by Pacific Seafood’s Pacific Aquaculture division, the farm is located in Nespelem, Wash., on the Colville