World: Best Aquaculture Practices farmed salmon draft standard criticized as greenwashing by coalition of NGOs

Published May 10, 2024

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Over 70 environmental and community groups from 18 countries have expressed concerns about the Global Seafood Alliance's (GSA) new Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification standard for industrial salmon farming, claiming it enables environmental damage and human rights abuses. The groups argue that the standard lacks adequate limits for critical environmental impacts like sea lice, disease, and antibiotics use. They point out that BAP-certified farms in countries like Chile, Canada, Scotland, and Norway are contributing to wildlife harm and endangering protected species. This criticism is part of a broader debate around the effectiveness of eco-labels in regulating the seafood industry, amidst a backdrop of allegations of forced labor and antibiotics use in shrimp production and ongoing disputes over the accuracy of sustainability claims. The GSA is currently reviewing these allegations and the public comments on the BAP Salmon Farm Standard 3.0.

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A letter signed by more than 70 environmental, animal welfare, and community groups from 18 countries criticizes the Global Seafood Alliance and its new Best Aquaculture Practices certification standard for what the signatories say amounts to greenwashing industrial salmon farming.The letter, submitted on the final day of the public consultation for BAP Salmon Farm Standard issue 3.0, accuses the BAP standard of having “no meaningful metric limits or performance expectations for certified farms on critical environmental impacts such as sea lice, disease, parasiticides, antibiotics, dissolved oxygen, and endangered, threatened and protected species.” “There is mounting evidence that environmental harms and human rights abuses are occurring despite the ‘responsible seafood’ claims of BAP and other certifications,” Living Oceans Society Sustainable Seafood Campaigner and SeaChoice Representative Kelly Roebuck said. “The new BAP Standard is no exception. Farms in Chile’s marine ...

Source: Seafoodsource