Through its efforts in various countries, National Fish and Seafood (NFS) has become a leader in working with small-scale fisheries, and they aim to raise awareness and recognition at the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s annual GOAL conference.
At a panel on providing small-scale farmers access to the marketplace — one of four challenges GAA aims to address at the conference — on the second day of the 8 to 10 October event in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Earlier this year, the Massachusetts, U.S.-based company announced a project to bring small-scale shrimp farmers closer to BAP certification and another to create multiple independent shrimp farm clusters in three countries — Vietnam, Indonesia and India — that NFS is doing concurrently.
“Small-scale farmers produce the majority of the aquaculture products. If their production is excluded on the basis of their inability to meet and certify to international standards, then negative impact on the market will be tremendous,”…
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