Global Seafood Alliance President, Dr. George Chamberlain, has been selected as the keynote speaker for Aqua India 2022, hosted by Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP), a strategic partner of GSA. George’s address, “Changing the Landscape of Global Shrimp Market and the Role of Certification”, will center around how the marketplace surrounding shrimp has changed in 

Note: The Global Seafood Alliance spotlights various members dedicated to GSA’s mission of responsible seafood. Membership starts at only $50 for individuals and $5,000 for businesses. Start utilizing our extensive benefits. Featured this month is Michael Frantz, CFP®, First Vice President – Wealth Management at UBS. Tell us about your background – what was a pivotal 

Note: Each step in the seafood production chain has its own importance, but they work together to create the best quality products for consumers. In the #SeafoodWithStandards campaign throughout 2022, we will be highlighting each stop along the production chain to pull back the curtain and explain what happens there. The next stop is fishing 

Note: Each step in the seafood production chain has its own importance, but they work together to create the best quality products for consumers. In the #SeafoodWithStandards campaign, throughout 2022 we will be highlighting each stop along the production chain to pull back the curtain and explain what happens there. The next stop is seafood 

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent with amfori, a leading global business association for open and sustainable trade, outlining the terms and objectives of a partnership. GSA is an international nongovernmental organization dedicated to advancing responsible seafood practices through education, advocacy and third-party assurances. GSA’s two 

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce that it hired seafood industry veteran Mike Kocsis as chief systems officer, a new position within the nonprofit organization. Kocsis will oversee GSA’s information technology and certification operations departments and report to GSA CEO Brian Perkins. Kocsis has nearly 20 years of supply chain and operations 

Note: Each step in the seafood production chain has its own importance, but they work together to create the best quality products for consumers. In the #SeafoodWithStandards campaign throughout 2022, we will be highlighting each stop along the production chain to pull back the curtain and explain what happens there. The next stop we’re focusing 

Note: Each step in the seafood production chain has its own importance, but they work together to create the best quality products for consumers. In the #SeafoodWithStandards campaign throughout 2022, the Global Seafood Alliance will be highlighting each stop along the production chain to pull back the curtain and explain what happens there. This month, 

Note: Each step in the seafood production chain has its importance, but they work together to create the best quality products for consumers. Throughout 2022, GSA’s #SeafoodWithStandards campaign will highlight each stop along the production chain to pull back the curtain and explain what happens there. We’re starting with the processing plant, as that’s the 

RD Fishing Group has achieved Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS) certification for its 12 tuna fishing vessels in the western and central Pacific Ocean, while the Philippines tuna processing plant operated by Philbest Canning Co. has attained certification to the Seafood Processing Standard (SPS), standards-holder the Global Seafood Alliance announced on Nov. 10. RD Fishing 

Congratulations to Taprobane Seafood Group, Sri Lanka’s first company qualified to offer three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) shrimp, the Global Seafood Alliance, which owns the industry-leading BAP certification program, announced on Nov. 3. The Colombo-based company recently attained BAP certification for its Taprobane Sea Food (Pvt.) Ltd. seafood processing plant, Taprobane Frozen Food (Pvt.) Ltd. 

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) and MarinTrust have signed a memorandum of understanding whereby the two organizations will work together to meet the goal of 75 percent of the world’s marine ingredients supplies being either certified, in assessment, in application or in the MarinTrust Improver Programme by 2025. Both GSA and MarinTrust are standards holders. 

Regal Springs Tilapia is the world’s first tilapia producer to use traceability that integrates directly with the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification systems. This innovation is enabled by the Wholechain traceability system and has been designed in collaboration with BAP with the goal of enabling real time data monitoring for BAP’s certification. The Switzerland-based company, 

Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) is the latest Japanese organization to endorse the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program with the rollout of its first BAP-labeled product, “CO-OP Smoked Salmon Trout Cut Off.” Beginning Oct. 1, 70-gram packages of salt-and-sugar seasoned smoked steelhead trout trimmings carrying the four-star BAP label — meaning the product was 

The Global Seafood Alliance is pleased to announce that Dibaq Group, a leading player in animal health and nutrition, is the first company in Spain as well as in continental Europe to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for one of its feed mills, as the world’s leading third-party aquaculture certification program continues to make 

The Global Seafood Alliance revealed on Sept. 13 that it has completed the rebranding initiative that kicked off in April when the nonprofit organization’s name officially changed. The rebrand reflects GSA’s budding involvement in wild-capture fisheries through the introduction in June of Best Seafood Practices (BSP), the world’s only third-party certification program capable of providing 

It’s hard to believe sometimes, but it was nearly 25 years ago that I became part of the team that founded the Global Aquaculture Alliance, a fledgling group of shrimp producers and buyers who believed that wider industry collaboration was the key to overcoming the major environmental and social license challenges they were facing. As 

To our members, As you may have heard, the Global Aquaculture Alliance is rebranding to the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA). This change reflects an expansion of the work we do in aquaculture to include wild-caught seafood, as well. Our goal is to help bridge the gap between the wild and farmed seafood sectors. In seafood,