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Best Aquaculture Practices Fact Sheet BAP is the most trusted, comprehensive and proven aquaculture certification in the world. We’ve been improving the environmental, social and economic performance of aquaculture’s supply chain since 2002. The Responsible Seafood Choice Why BAP Certification? Our market development team actively promotes the advantages of BAP certification to an influential network of retailers and foodservice operators on behalf of all BAP-certified facilities. Producers appreciate the time saved from having to patch together various certification programs to cover only a portion of what our BAP standards cover. BAP certification is administered by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), an organization dedicated to advocacy, education and leadership in responsible aquaculture. Some funds generated by BAP certification are used for GAA’s advocacy initiatives - including addressing the 90% to 95% of aquaculture facilities worldwide that are not yet third-party certified. BAP Benefits WE ARE MARKET-DRIVEN WE ARE A “ONE STOP SHOP” WE ARE INDUSTRY ADVOCATES We are a third-party certification. This ensures your audit is fair, legal and traceable. We are the only certification that encompasses the entire production chain: farms, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills. We cover dozens of species, representing 98.8% of the world’s farmed finfish, crustacean and mollusk production. Our standards are scientific, rigorous and always evolving to meet changes in aquaculture. © 2017 The Global Aquaculture Alliance | www.gaalliance.org | bap.gaalliance.org To be BAP certified is to prove your commitment to the environment, social integrity and the health of the animal and consumer. More than 120 retail and foodservice companies are publicly committed to sourcing seafood from BAP-certified facilities. iBAP: A Path to Certification Lead the Industry Retail and foodservice buyers increasingly require third-party assurance that the products they’re purchasing are safe and responsibly produced. BAP certified facilities exhibit to the world that they believe aquaculture should be synonymous with safety, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility. Social Welfare Food Safety Environmental Animal Health & Welfare The iBAP program is an optional precursor to BAP certification. The “i” stands for “improvement,” meaning it’s an opportunity for aquaculture facilities to be recognized by the marketplace as they improve their practices and work toward applying for BAP certification. As less than 10% of global aquaculture production is currently third-party certified, iBAP opens doors for retailers and foodservice operators to source more responsibly farmed seafood. STEP 1: Apply Online at bap.gaalliance.org STEP 2: Complete a Self-Assessment STEP 3: Develop an iBAP Plan Agreement STEP 4: Report Progress STEP 5: Graduate to BAP
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Best Aquaculture Practices
Fact Sheet
BAP is the most trusted, comprehensive and proven aquaculture certification in the world. We’ve been improving the environmental, social and economic performance of aquaculture’s supply chain since 2002.
The Responsible Seafood Choice
Why BAP Certification?
Our market development team actively promotes the advantages of BAP certification to an influential network of retailers and foodservice operators on behalf of all BAP-certified facilities.
Producers appreciate the time saved from having to patch together variouscertification programs to cover only a portion of what our BAP standards cover.
BAP certification is administered by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), anorganization dedicated to advocacy, education and leadership in responsible aquaculture. Some funds generated by BAP certification are used for GAA’s advocacy initiatives - including addressing the 90% to 95% of aquaculture facilities worldwide that are not yet third-party certified.
BAP Benefits
WE ARE MARKET-DRIVEN
WE ARE A “ONE STOP SHOP”
WE ARE INDUSTRY ADVOCATES
We are a third-party certification. This ensures your audit is fair, legal and traceable.
We are the only certification that encompasses the entire production chain: farms, processingplants, hatcheries and feed mills.
We cover dozens of species, representing98.8% of the world’s farmed finfish, crustacean and mollusk production.
Our standards are scientific, rigorous andalways evolving to meet changes in aquaculture.
© 2017 The Global Aquaculture Alliance | www.gaalliance.org | bap.gaalliance.org
To be BAP certified is to prove your commitmentto the environment, social integrity and thehealth of the animal and consumer.
More than 120 retail and foodservice companiesare publicly committed to sourcing seafood from BAP-certified facilities.
iBAP: A Path to Certification
Lead the IndustryRetail and foodservice buyers increasingly require third-party assurance that the products they’re purchasing are safe and responsibly produced. BAP certified facilities exhibit to the world that theybelieve aquaculture should be synonymous with safety, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility.
Social WelfareFood Safety
EnvironmentalAnimal Health
& Welfare
The iBAP program is an optional precursor to BAP certification. The “i” stands for “improvement,” meaning it’s an opportunity for aquaculture facilities to be recognized by the marketplace as theyimprove their practices and work toward applying for BAP certification. As less than 10% of global aquaculture production is currently third-party certified, iBAP opens doors for retailers and foodservice operators to source more responsibly farmed seafood.
STEP 1: Apply Online at bap.gaalliance.org
STEP 2: Complete a Self-Assessment
STEP 3: Develop an iBAP Plan Agreement
STEP 4: Report Progress
STEP 5: Graduate to BAP
