The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program has completed the new BAP hatchery and nursery standards for finfish, crustaceans and mollusks.

Until now, BAP hatchery standards existed for only shrimp, but, now that they have been finalised, the new BAP hatchery standards will replace the existing BAP shrimp hatchery standards.

“We are very proud to announce the release of the new BAP hatchery standards," said Peter Redmond, BAP vice president of market development. "This now enables our partners to become four-star certified across the aquaculture sector. It’s a massive enhancement to the program while delivering true and meaningful change throughout the seafood supply chain.”

For currently certified shrimp hatcheries or those in the process of certification or application as of 17 September 2014, compliance with the new standards will be mandatory for recertification beginning 17 March 2015. For new hatcheries and nurseries the new standards are effective as of 17 September 2014.

They apply to all aquaculture facilities that produce eggs and/or juvenile aquatic animals for live transfer to other aquaculture facilities. Production facilities include ponds or tanks on land with directed inflows and outflows of water, trays located intertidally on the foreshore, or rafts or cages (net pens) floating in a body of water. They do not apply to facilities that produce only aquatic animals for harvest and slaughter for human consumption.

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