Wisconsin-based Superior Fresh has attained Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) said Wednesday.

It’s the first aquaponics facility in the BAP program as well as the first land-based, recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) raising Atlantic salmon and steelhead trout in the BAP program.

The company operates a 160,000-square-foot aquaponics facility (soon to expand to 300,000 square feet) on a 720-acre native restoration project in the rural community of Northfield, Wisconsin.