Moya joins GAA/BAP as Bill and Betty More to retire

Marcos Moya will be joining the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division on a full-time basis as manager of the BAP facilities development business unit, effective 1 January 2015.

Previously, Moya acted as head of BAP’s expansion team in Latin America and Europe on a part-time basis. He will be based in BAP’s office in Lynnwood, Wash., USA. Moya has more than 20 years of professional experience managing integrated aquaculture operations. He has worked in Spain, Mexico, Mozambique, Madagascar, Peru, Honduras, Panama and Canada.

Additionally, Bill and Betty More will be retiring from their current roles as BAP director and BAP program manager, respectively, at the end of 2015. They work out of BAP’s office in Crystal River, Fla., USA. They will work with Moya over the coming months to ensure a seamless transition.

Bill and Betty More have been instrumental in the success of BAP over the past 12 years since the formation of the program’s predecessor, the Aquaculture Certification Council. Since the adoption of the first set of BAP standards, for shrimp farms, in 2003, the BAP program has grown to 358 certified farms, 267 certified processing plants, 30 certified hatcheries and 26 certified feed mills.

The program’s success is a direct result of the Mores’ tireless work and dedication to responsible aquaculture and program integrity.

“Bill and Betty More are two very special people. They’re two of the most respected people in the aquaculture community,” said GAA Executive Director Wally Stevens. “GAA is a collection of dedicated, professional, experienced men and women of the highest integrity, who are devoted to aquaculture’s growth. Betty and Bill check all of those boxes, and then some. While they will step away from their day-to-day involvement with the BAP division at the end of 2015, they will still be available to GAA and the Responsible Aquaculture Foundation on the larger issues facing aquaculture’s growth.”

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