Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of profiles from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) recognizing companies for their commitment to responsible aquaculture and the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program. The “Commitment to Excellence” seal denotes the number of years a company has been committed to the BAP program.
Ask Peder Jacobson, administrative president for the Seajoy Group, about his company’s commitment to environmental and social responsibility, and he sums up his answer in six words: “It is in our corporate DNA.”
Established in 1979 when a group of aquaculture entrepreneurs opened a shrimp farm on Ecuador’s Gulf of Guayaquil, Seajoy is now one of Latin America’s leading shrimp farmers and processors, with operations in Ecuador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
The company has been farming and processing shrimp responsibly since its inception. Then, in the early 2000s when the concept of third-party certification was just taking off, Seajoy jumped on the opportunity to prove its commitment to responsible aquaculture to its buyers by pursuing BAP certification.
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