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International Day of Rural Women – 15 October

• Rural women produce half of the world’s food, but are some of the most disadvantaged people on the planet.

• Rural women make up 25% of the global population

• The number of rural women living in poverty has doubled since the 1970s

• Women produce 50% of the world’s food, but only own 1% of the land

• Only 39% of girls in rural areas attend high school

• Women with a secondary education tend to have fewer children, marry later in life, and are less likely to experience violence

• Rural women in Sub-Saharan Africa spend 40 billion hours a year collecting water

• Giving women access to agricultural resources, training and services, could increase the productivity of their farms, and feed up to 150 million hungry people

• Increase seafood business? Educate women about the 1,000 Days

http://vimeo.com/76837724

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Standards and Certification

What it means to High Value Aquaculture Fin Fish?

Roy Palmer – palmerroyd@gmailcom

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The GAA• The GAA (Global Aquaculture Alliance) is a non-profit trade association

promoting the sustainable growth of responsible aquaculture

• The GAA was created in 1997 by 59 aquaculture sector stakeholders (mainly prawns) from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa (Madagascar)

• Currently the GAA has more than 1100 members from 70 countries –stakeholders in the aquaculture of prawns, salmon, tilapia, pangasius, channel catfish, etc.

• Sustainable financing model :– Membership fees

– Annual GOAL conference

– Sponsorship

• Bimonthly specialised magazine ‘the Advocate’

• BAP programme coordination– Standards for responsible aquaculture

– Certification

• Massive resource of aquaculture expertise available

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The BAP Programme

• BAP = Best Aquaculture Practices

• B2C consumer pack label

• Robust standards for aquaculture facilities throughout the production chain, developed with multi-stakeholder input

• Modular building block approach, up to 4-star certification

1. Processing plant (exporter)

2. + farm

3. + hatchery

4. + feed mill

• ISO 65 governed third party certification

• Security of supply to

– Retailers / consumers

– Secondary processors / importers

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BAP Standards: Key Points

Social Ethics

• Property Rights and Regulatory Compliance

• Community Relations

• Worker Safety and Employee Relations

Environment

• Sediment and Water Quality

• Fishmeal and Fish Oil Conservation

• Control of Escapes and Use of GMOs

• Predator and Wildlife Interactions

• Storage and Disposal of Farm Supplies

Animal Welfare

• Health and Welfare

• Biosecurity and Disease Management

Food Safety

• Control of Residues and Contaminants

• Harvest and Transport

Traceability • Record-keeping

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BAP Standards: Scope

Salmon

Prawns

Tilapia

Pangasius

Channel catfish

Feed Hatchery Farm Processing

Social Ethics

Environment

Animal welfare

Food safety

Traceability

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BAP Standards: Development

• SOC (Standards Oversight Committee)– 4 NGOs, 4 industry reps, 4 academics / regulatory / policy

– Official standards approval

– Minimum 2 NGOs needed to vote ‘yes’ for the standard to be approved

• TC (Technical Committee)– SOC approved members

– Develops standards and submits to SOC for approval, after careful review and response to all comments received from public consultation periods

• Continuous Improvement– Annual review with a revision every 3 years or more often if needed

• Commitment to conformance with FAO’s ‘Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification’ and with the GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative)– BAP processing standard on the GFSI recognised schemes list since June 2010, along with BRC

and IFS… but with additional social ethics and environmental coverage

– Target compliance of BAP standards with the FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification

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ProductionChain

Prawns Salmon Tilapia Pangasius Channel Catfish

Feed Mills

Hatchery

Farm

Seafood Processing

Range of BAP Standards(click on the standards to access the individual documents)

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Selected by the GAA

BAP Certification Process

Development

AccreditationApproval

Standards Oversight

Committee(SOC)

GAATechnical

Committee (TC)

International Accreditation

Forum

Accreditation Body

Certification Bodies

(ISO 65)

Aquaculture Facility

Supervision

and approval

Standards Development

Certification Process

Audit and

certification

BAP Standards

Public

Comment Period

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BAP certified Salmon(as of August 2013)

• The first Norwegian processing plant was certified this year:

– Vikencos with a production capacity of 16,000T

– 2 other plants pending certification

Countryno. processing

plantsno. farms Farm Vol. (T)

Australia 2 15 26,650

Canada 6 55 155,898

Chile 16 45 198,572

New Zealand 2 7 9,646

TOTAL 26 122 390,766

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Broad support for BAP

A&PAldiBJSDarden

DelhaizeDisneyGiant EagleHarris TeeterHEBKrogerLoblawsMeijerPrice Chopper

RaleysRoundy'sSchnucksSeaworld Parks & EntertainmentSobey'sSodexoSuperValuTargetTops MarketsWakefernWalmart/Sam'sWegmansWinn-Dixie

ASDA UK

The Coop UK

Delhaize(AMS Sourcing) NL/Belgium

J Sainsbury's UK

Metro Group Germany

Morrison's UK

REWEGermany,

Austria

Sodexo France, UK

Tesco UK

Waitrose UK

Woolworth, Coles, Aldi

North America

Europe

Australia

Good Harbor/American SeafoodsGordon Food Service

High Liner FoodsNorth Coast/Northern HarvestReinhart FoodService

Slade Gorton

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The BAP difference

• Modular building block approach, up to 4-star certification

• No royalties for consumer pack label usage

• Complete and updated list of certified facilities available online:

– Processing plants , Farms , Hatcheries, Feed mills (click to access)

• Comprehensive scope covering different aquaculture species– Transverse coverage: Social Justice, Environment, Animal Welfare, Food Safety, Traceability

– Specific coverage of each step of the production process, pre and post farm gate, including strong feed ingredient related requirements (possibly the 5th star in the future)

– Specific small-scale aquaculture coverage (in development)

• Robust and evolving standards– Recognised GFSI equivalency with additional social ethics and environmental coverage

– FAO compliance objective

– Transparent and inclusive multi-stakeholder development

• Independent and transparent governance

• Significant experience – 10th year in the field

• Training Programmes

• Marketing assistance

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Perceptions – How about a Quality Standard? Nutritional Value Standard?

ありがとうArigatōwww.gaalliance.org•ROY PALMER•+61 419 528733•palmerroyd@gmail.com or

palmerroy@hotmail.com

•SEE YOU @•SEAFEX, Dubai, UAE•APA13, HCMC, Vietnam •Aquaculture America, Seattle, USA &•WAA14 Adelaide, Australia