Best Aquaculture Practices

BAP is the world’s most trusted, comprehensive and proven third-party aquaculture certification program. We’ve been improving the environmental, social and economic performance of the aquaculture supply chain and growing the global supply of responsibly farmed seafood since 2002.

BAP Certification Benefits

We are a third-party certification, ensuring that your audit is fair, objective and traceable.
We are the only aquaculture certification that encompasses the entire production chain: farms, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills.
Our standards cover virtually 100% of the finfish, crustacean and mollusk species produced around the globe.

Our standards are scientific, rigorous and always evolving to meet challenges in aquaculture.
More than 150 retail and foodservice companies worldwide are publicly committed to sourcing seafood from BAP-certified facilities.
To be BAP certified is to prove your commitment to the environment, social integrity, and the health of the animal and consumer.

BAP Certified Facilities Map

BAP currently has more than 1,600 facilities certified worldwide.

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Interested in Getting BAP Certified?

Stand apart from the competition and access new markets, while providing your business with a quantitative tool to measure compliance, improvement and efficiencies over time.

Complete and submit an online application
BAP reviews and approves application
Audit fee is paid
Audit is scheduled

Questions? Contact bapcert@bapcertification.org

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4 Pillars of Responsible Aquaculture

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September 18, 2017

Yiguo.com, GAA Sign MOU to Make BAP-Certified Seafood Available to Chinese Consumers

Yiguo.com and the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a ceremony in Shanghai on Sept. 15, 2017, at which Yiguo.com announced it would begin working with GAA’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program.Continue Reading

September 13, 2017

Seafood Twice a Week Starts at Breakfast: 3 Fish-Friendly Ideas for the Morning Meal

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that we all consume at least two seafood meals a week. For pregnant and nursing women, that recommendation is even higher: two... Continue Reading

September 11, 2017

Best Aquaculture Practices and the Four Pillars of Responsible Aquaculture

We talk about the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) pillars of responsible aquaculture quite a bit because they are the foundation of our certification program aquaculture standards... Continue Reading

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