GlobalGAP, a certification system developed by several major European retailers – formerly known as EUREPGAP – has developed standards for farmed salmon, and is proposing to develop similar standards for farmed shrimp, pangasius, tilapia and others.
But the GlobalGAP standards, WWF claims, would not be credible because they would be managed by GlobalGAP itself, and not an independent third party.
WWF, which is developing standards for salmon, shrimp, pangasius, tilapia, trout and mollusks that could eventually form the core of a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-style certification program, criticized standards developed by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), an industry trade association, for the same reason.
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