BAP certified (Best Aquaculture Practices)
An industry label for fish farms and seafood processing plants that includes rules for workers.
How it counts towards a grade
- Supportive: it counts in its favour but isn't proof on its own
What it is
Best Aquaculture Practices, run by the industry body Global Seafood Alliance, certifies fish and prawn farms, hatcheries, feed mills and processing plants. It includes rules on worker welfare, checked by audits the industry pays for.
What it checks
- Rules for workers at farms and processing plants
- Audits of the certified sites
What it doesn't
- Run by the industry itself
- Doesn't reach the fishing boats that supply feed or wild fish
Brands with BAP certified (Best Aquaculture Practices) in fish & seafood: 4 brands
New Zealand King SalmonMissing: a traced catch with crews or farm workers checked · Fish & seafoodFarmed king salmonPays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.On TrackPartly verifiedPetunaMissing: a traced catch with crews or farm workers checked · Fish & seafoodFarmed Tasmanian ocean trout and salmonPays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.On TrackPartly verifiedSeaPakNo living wage evidence · Fish & seafoodFrozen breaded shrimp and seafoodPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verifiedCP FoodsForced labour, last recorded in 2014 · Fish & seafoodFarmed prawns and prawn wontonsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified