Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) is the first salmon company in British Columbia and the second in the world to achieve four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) status marks the culmination of full certification of the company’s salmon processing plants, farm sites, hatcheries and feed mills.
“Our four star certification shows our commitment to providing customers the highest quality salmon,” said Katherine Dolmage, certification manager, MHC. “We expect this four star product to be available in the market in 2016.”
BAP certified status for MHC’s Dalrymple freshwater hatchery in Campbell River, British Columbia, represents the world’s second salmon hatchery to earn BAP certification since new BAP hatchery standards for finfish, crustaceans and mollusks were completed in September 2014. Previously, BAP hatchery standards existed only for shrimp.
In 2013, MHC became British Columbia’s first salmon company to achieve three-star BAP status, with the certification of its Port Hardy processing plant.
