Term:
Certification in aquaculture; aquaculture certification
Definition:
Procedure by which certification body or entity gives written or equivalent assurance that a product, process or service conforms to specified requirements. Certification may be, asappropriate, based on a range of audit activities that may include continuous audit in the production chain.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification, COFI, FAO, 2011 (ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/document/aquaculture/TGAC/guidelines/Aquaculture%20Certification%20GuidelinesAfterCOFI4-03-11_e.pdf).
