The newly renamed Global Seafood Alliance took on the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard when it merged with Global Seafood Assurances earlier this year
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Industry veteran joins Global Aquaculture Alliance as new COO
Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has welcomed seafood industry veteran Brian Perkins as the organisation s new chief operating officer, GAA announced on January 18.
Perkins comes to GAA with more than 40 years of seafood-related experience in the certification segment as well as in events and media.
For the past six years, he has acted as regional director of Americas for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the world s leading wild fisheries certification programme.
At MSC, Perkins built a strong team that energised the programme in the Americas region, increasing consumer awareness, the number of MSC-labeled products and the number of participants engaged with the MSC programme. He also established strong working relationships with other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and industry.
The Antarctic Discovery, the only Australian vessel fishing in Antarctic waters, has become the first to achieve the newly created Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard