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Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is an international non-profit
trade association A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific Industry (economics), industry. Through collabor ...
dedicated to advancing responsible
aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. Nelu ...
. Established in 1997, GAA works with industry, the
NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
community, governments, academia and the investment community. GAA has published
best management practice for water pollution Best management practices (BMPs) is a term used in the United States and Canada to describe a type of water pollution control. Historically the term has referred to auxiliary pollution controls in the fields of industrial wastewater treatment, in ...
for aquaculture, a type of standard that has gained widespread application in traditional agriculture.


See also

* Agerskovgruppen * FAO GM Foods Platform


References


External links

Official website
Aquaculture Agricultural organizations Trade associations based in the United States {{Agriculture-stub