Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)
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Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) is a set of farm raised seafood standards developed by Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA). BAP standards address environmental and social responsibility, animal welfare, food safety and traceability for farms and hatcheries of shrimp
, tilapia
and catfish
as well as seafood processing plants.
The BAP are licensed by the Aquaculture Certification Council (ACC) which carries out all the inspections and certification.
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
, tilapia
Tilapia
Tilapia , is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapia inhabit a variety of fresh water habitats, including shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes. Historically, they have been of major importance in artisan fishing in Africa and the...
and catfish
Catfish
Catfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...
as well as seafood processing plants.
The BAP are licensed by the Aquaculture Certification Council (ACC) which carries out all the inspections and certification.