August 13, 2025 — The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has released the newest salmon farm standards for its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program.
The certification body recently released Salmon Farm Standard (SFS) Issue 3.0, upgrading from its 2.4 standard. According to GSA, the new standard will apply to all salmon farms effective 5 August 2026.
March 2, 2020 — The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program continued to grow in 2019, with 2,681 BAP-certified processing plants, farms, hatcheries and feed mills worldwide by the end of the year. That’s up almost 15 percent from the program’s 2018 count, according to the GAA’s annual report.
Created by the GAA in 2008, BAP has the mission of providing quantitative guidelines for evaluations of best practices in aquaculture.
February 20, 2020 — The Global Aquaculture Alliance, which operates the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, has announced an extension period for Chinese seafood companies in the process of applying for BAP certification.
A statement from GAA Communications Manager Steven Hedlund said the extension was granted as a result of the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, which has disrupted business in China.