Chilean salmon farming company, Congelados Pacifico SA Group, has achieved three-star BAP certification from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).
Congelados Pacifico produces around 10,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon per year. In 2000, the company established The Great Fish Company to market its fresh and frozen, head-on and headed and gutted fillets and portions of salmon towards the North American market, along with hake and hoki. The recent certification makes the company the world’s third, and the second salmon company in Chile, to achieve three-star BAP.
Angelo Pagliotti, vice president of The Great Fish Company, which was established by Congelados Pacifico in 2000, said: “This is a huge step for us. We have gone beyond market requirements to confirm our commitment with responsible aquaculture practices and to ensure that our salmon is farm raised in an environmentally and socially responsible way.”
The company’s Chillidque and Morrolobos salmon farm sites achieved BAP certification this month, while its Congelados Pacifico processing plant in Talcahuano, Biobio, Chile, earned Bap certification in October.
