New Zealand Seafood Sustainability Awards 2023

Open to individuals and groups across the seafood sector.

This award recognises those who:

• have developed, invested in, or implemented an innovative product, tool, or method leading to more sustainable practice (for instance catch efficiency, reduced by-catch, selective fishing) within the last 24 months, or
• have reduced their impacts on the natural environment through innovative practices.

Open to individuals and groups across the seafood sector.

This award recognises those who:

• are leaders in promoting seafood products to consumers, and demonstrate excellence in supply chain integrity and sustainability, or
• have contributed to the development of products that increase utilisation of the seafood harvest, or
• have created a compelling New Zealand sustainability story for their product.

Open to individuals under 35 years old.

This award recognises someone who has already demonstrated a significant commitment to the sustainability of New Zealand's fisheries, aquaculture, or wider aquatic environment.

Open to individuals and groups across the seafood sector.

This award recognises those who:

• have made significant contributions to the protection of vulnerable marine species, spatial management, or the mitigation of environmental impacts, or
• have contributed to the sharing of sustainability knowledge among seafood industry communities or New Zealanders through research, education, or engagement.

Open to Tangata Tiaki who have been appointed under the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 or the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.

This award recognises those who have made significant contributions to sustainability and innovation in their rohe moana.

This will be awarded by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries.

Open to individuals and groups who have made consistent and regular contributions to increasing the sustainability of New Zealand's seafood sector. 

To enter this award, you must be nominated by someone else.

This award recognises those who:

• have championed seafood sustainability or developed innovative methods or tools, or
• have demonstrated effective collaboration across the sector, or
• have significantly contributed to New Zealand's reputation for high quality and sustainable marine products.