The Best Aquaculture Practices program now has a two-star certified operation that farms and processes tilapia in Costa Rica (Photo: Terrapez S.A.)

Terrapez Becomes First BAP Certified Tilapia Plant in Costa Rica

The Terrapez S.A. processing plant, which is associated with Aquacorporación Internacional, S.A. group under Rain Forest Aquaculture, was certified as Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) first tilapia plant in Costa Rica.

Located in Cañas, Guanacaste, the state-of-the-art, purpose-built plant can process over 20,000 metric tons of fresh and frozen products annually.

A tilapia farm owned by Rain Forest/Aquacorporación Internacional in Cañas was certified to the BAP standards in late June. Tilapia grown in its ponds and raceways provide a wide range of fillet sizes. Harvested fish are transported live to the processing plant and quickly shipped to market fresh or frozen by air and ocean.

The farm production is set in 600 hectares of land where the company grows tilapia

Rain Forest Aquaculture Quality Assurance teams monitor the entire production process for compliance with BAP and other established standards. Rain Forest Aquaculture's traceability system tracks its entire production from farming stages to market.

Peter Redmond

"Rain Forest Aquaculture should be applauded for this development," BAP Vice President of Development Peter Redmond said. "It responded to the marketplace demand for certification, and the marketplace will no doubt respond in kind by welcoming its large volumes of premium tilapia products."

About 90 percent of the Rain Forest production of fresh tilapia fillets is exported to the United States, representing 25 percent of the North American market. The remainder is consumed by local and European markets.

BAP certification is based on independent audits that evaluate compliance with the international Best Aquaculture Practices standards developed by the Global Aquaculture Alliance. The two-star designation is given to companies with integrated BAP-certified farm and processing facilities.

About ACI

Terrapez high-quality tilapia

ACI Group is a corporation dedicated to the production, processing and marketing of tilapia.

The corporation is comprised by AQUA International Corporation, Terrapez S.A. and Rain Forest Aquaculture Products Inc.

The farm production is set in 600 hectares of land where the company grows tilapia from birth until it reaches about 1000 grams of weight.

Weather conditions and water quality are ideal for producing high-quality tilapia.

Source: BAP

Margaret E.L. Stacey
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