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From the dawn of civilization, most agricultural practices have hinged on a few simple ingredients – seed, soil, water and sunlight. ...
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Ltd., which owns and operates China’s Zhuge Legend grilled fish takeaway restaurant chain, is giving priority to seafood originating from Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified facilities as part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that the Qingdao-based company signed with the Global Aquaculture Alliance (now the Global Seafood ...
Ltd., one of China’s leading wholesale food providers, has pledged to source seafood from Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified farms, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills as part of an agreement that the Beijing-based company signed with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) in Qingdao on Aug. 7. ...
Ltd. has committed to sourcing seafood from Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified farms and processing plants, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (now the Global Seafood Alliance) announced in mid-August. ...
To ensure long term success of more sustainable practices, it is recommended that farmers receive training to develop knowledge and confidence in applying beneficial and ecologically sound aquaculture practices. ...
Add two more species of finfish and shellfish to the list of species represented by the industry-leading Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program. China’s Jiangsu Kuntai Agriculture Development Co. ...
The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program recently released a new version of the Logo Use Requirements document, which contains a few significant changes from the previous version. ...
The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Mollusk Farm Standard Issue 1.1, which replaces Issue 1.0, is now mandatory for all new and recertifying producers. ...
BAP recently launched “splash pages” on the producer page of the BAP website as an added benefit to certified producers. These are drop-down tabs that provide additional information about producers by clicking on the facility name. These tabs provide a place for producers to list information such as marketing and sales contacts and a link to their downloadable BAP certificate. This ...
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program and traceability companies Wholechain and Legit Fish are developing real-time digital solutions to strengthen BAP’s visibility into producer supply chains. ...
Congratulations to Mexico’s Earth Ocean Farms for becoming the world’s first Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified processing plant to process totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi), a large member of the drum family that is endemic to the Gulf of California. ...
ASC has translated its Shrimp, Tilapia, and Tropical Marine Finfish Standards and related guidance documents into Indonesian to help more farmers in the country work towards more responsible practices. Indonesia is the world’s second largest producer of farmed fish, making it a vital country for ASC’s mission to improve aquaculture ...
We’re still working with BAP [Global Aquaculture Association’s Best Aquaculture Practices program] to finalize the game plan, but are looking to 2020,” Pizzuti said. ...
Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Workshop BAP standards are scientific, rigorous, always evolving and encompass the entire aquaculture production chain, including farms, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills. The U.S. Aquaculture Society has teamed up with experts from GAA and BAP for a full-day workshop of BAP ...
Over 85% of this production comes from captured fisheries and over 10% from the new implementation of aquaculture. Aquaculture production in Zambia has been on a positive growth path showing a steady increase in aquaculture production as compared to a stagnation in the quantities of capture fisheries. ...
USSEC recently met with the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) in Diliman, Quezon City to learn their plans and program for the country’s aquaculture sector over the next five years. The head of the Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Division presented the newly approved ...
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that the Department will be implementing multi-year licensing for aquaculture operators in British Columbia. The changes will provide the industry with more operational certainty and longer term planning capacity while allowing them to invest in sustainable practices. ...
“Maintaining and developing sustainable practices within our Division of Student Affairs is of crucial importance to our students, faculty and staff,” said Napolitano. “Our dining program is committed to these practices and being certified by the MSC reflects the willingness of our dining services partner, Sodexo, to take a leadership role in ...
Mexican entrepreneur Alfredo Suárez Rivero has built his business, AliBio, around the ability of bacteria and other microbes to treat wastewater and reduce the use of polluting chemicals in the agriculture and aquaculture industries. AliBio addresses issues such as the overuse of antibiotics in fish farming, a practice which leads to the development of ...
Sodexo, Inc., the world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions, announced today a comprehensive, industry leading Sustainable Seafood Initiative, including a commitment to have 100 percent of its contracted fresh and frozen seafood certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) by 2015. Sodexo's ...