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Understanding the Best Aquaculture Practices Four-Star System
Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) is a third-party certification program developed by Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) that covers the entire farmed seafood production chain. The four star system is used to represent each piece of this chain, which includes the processing plant, farm, hatchery and feed mill. A four-star designation is the highest achievable for
BAP Spotlight Story: Yumbah Aquaculture
This Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) spotlight story features Yumbah Aquaculture, Australia’s largest privately owned aquaculture company that produces abalone, mussels, oysters and Yellowtail Kingfish. Yumbah currently has oyster farms and a processing plant certified to BAP standards. GSA: What inspired you to become involved in the seafood industry? Yumb
An Overview of GSA’s Complaints, Disputes and Appeals Process for Certified Facilities
Potential Non-Compliances (NCs) identified at certified facilities outside of a Best Aquaculture Seafood Practices (BAP) or Best Seafood Practices (BSP) audit are handled by the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) Program Integrity team. These could be standards related (against certified facilities) and/or policy related (e.g. certification bodies) and could be a
Bern Aqua is First BAP-Certified Producer in Belgium
Certification of Bern Aqua’s Olen feed mill reinforces leadership in responsible aquaculture, hatchery nutrition and early life-stage feed solutions for fish and shrimp producers worldwide. Bern Aqua, an ADM group company and leading supplier of hatchery and nursery feeds for fish and shrimp, has become Belgium’s first Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certif
GSA Releases its 2025 Annual Report
The report highlights the importance of GSA’s global community and its role in advancing responsible seafood practices through advocacy, education and third-party certification. Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has released its 2025 Annual Report, showcasing a year of measurable progress in advancing responsible seafood practices worldwide. The report highlight
GSA Unveils Program for Responsible Seafood Summit 2026
Industry leaders to gather in Bangkok for four days of learning and networking Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has released the preliminary program for the Responsible Seafood Summit, set for September 21-24 at the Shangri-La Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand. Co-hosted by the Center for Responsible Seafood, the Summit is the only seafood conference of its kind, […
BAP and Great British Chefs Launch Campaign to Educate Chefs and Consumers on Responsible Seafood
Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), the world’s leading third-party certification program for responsibly farmed seafood, has partnered with Great British Chefs to launch a new campaign aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of the BAP label among chefs and consumers, Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has announced. The campaign, launched on June 15, feat