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December 14, 2006 - BRC Associates Brian Kingzett and Stephanie Richards completed the requirements to serve as Aquaculture Certification Council , Inc. Approved Auditors. This compliments our previous Certifier accreditation and allows BRC to audit aquaculture processing facilities under the ACC program. This training was conducted by representatives from the US NOAA National Marine Service: read more

February 7th, 2006, Canada and British Columbia unveiled a 16 million-acre preserve Tuesday, including parkland covering an area twice the size of Yellowstone, teeming with grizzly bears, wolves and wild salmon in the ancestral home of many native tribes.

Closing another chapter of the wars between environmentalists and loggers, the Great Bear Rainforest is the result of an accord between governments, aboriginal First Nations, the logging industry and environmentalists.

It will stretch 250 miles along British Columbia's rugged Pacific coastline -- the ancestral home of groups whose cultures date back thousands of years. The area also sustains a rare white bear found only in British Columbia, called "spirit bears" by the Gitga'at people of the region.

"If the federal government agrees, more than $100 million also will be raised by governments and foundations to start ecotourism lodges, shellfish aquaculture and other environmentally sustainable economic activities for the 25,000 people who live in the region."

Blue Revolution Consulting Group has been working on the development of shellfish aquaculture in this region, providing technical assistance as part of a team of First Nations, NGO's and government. We are very excited by this development.

For more information on this announcement:
Seattle Post Intelligence / Tidepool.org / CBC
BC Government Press Release: A new vision for coastal BC

January 4th, 2006 - The Global Aquaculture Alliance
announced today that Darden Restaurants, Inc. -- the world's largest casual dining company in sales and market share -- supports GAA's newly revised Best Aquaculture Practices standards and will begin requiring its farmed shrimp suppliers to become BAP-certified. Read the whole press release here:

November 2005 - Wal-Mart Press Release: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. took an important step to ensure that the company's imported shrimp is farmed with environmental sustainability in mind. Wal-Mart has partnered with Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and Aquaculture Certification Council, Inc. (ACC) to certify that all foreign shrimp suppliers adhere to Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards.

June 2005 - BRC Associates Brian Kingzett and Stephanie Richards accredited for Best Aquaculture Practices Certification Program from the The Aquaculture Certification Council : read more