Salmon farm belonging to Northern Harvest. (Photo: Northern Harvest Sea Farms)
First Canadian firm attains BAP certificate for salmon farm cluster
(CANADA, 11/2/2016)
Northern Harvest Sea Farms is the first salmon company in North America to complete the Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) new multi-site cluster program (BAP-C), resulting in five salmon farm sea sites in Newfoundland attaining BAP certification.
The announcement was made by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), of which BAP is a division.
The BAP-C program allows an applicant to combine multiple farm sites within a defined geographical area to apply for BAP certification for all sites during a single audit.
Northern Harvest’s salmon-farming operations are an example of the consistently robust internal management systems in place across all member sites to support the cluster audit scheme.
Audit efficiency is achieved by a combination of reviewing documents and policies common to all member sites such as permits, operating licenses and diver safety, in addition to individual site visits to assess site-specific audit clauses, escapes, therapeutant use and wildlife interactions.
The Canadian firm was also the world’s first salmon company to achieve four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status when its hatchery in Stephenville, Newfoundland, obtained BAP certification in late 2014.
The highest designation in the BAP program, four star denotes that a product originates from a BAP-certified processing plant, farm, hatchery and feed mill.
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