Chile's Pesquera Apiao is First Mussel Producer to Earn Two-Star BAP Certification
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] May 20, 2015
Chilean mussel farming company Pesquera Apiao S.A. has become the world’s first group to achieve two-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status for mussels, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in mid-May. The company is also Chile’s first mussel farm and second processing plant to earn BAP certification.
Pesquera Apiao’s processing plant in Quemchi, on Chiloé Island, and seven of its mussel farm sites in the same area earned BAP certification on May 7. Pesquera Apiao processes about 50,000 metric tons of mussels annually, or about 25,000 metric tons in each of its two processing plants. The company’s mussel products are marketed in Europe, Asia and the United States. Product forms include IQF mussel meat, whole shell vacuum-packed mussels and half shell vacuum-packed mussels...
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