The North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) has been, and continues to be, a central meeting ground for CEOs and senior international stakeholders to discuss opportunities and emerging challenges. Sustainability has been a core and expanding part of the seafood sector for more than two decades, driven by collaboration among industry, NGOs, government, and scientific communities, often across national borders and frequently described as work in the pre-competitive space.
The growing prominence of the NASF Sustainability Summit highlights the increasing importance of this work. Reflecting this elevated significance both within the industry and at the conference, NASF aims to add further focus and value to this development.
The North Atlantic Seafood Forum Sustainability Award
The North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) will introduce its first-ever NASF Sustainability Award, which will be presented at the 2026 conference. This new award reflects the Conference’s long-standing commitment to advancing responsible practices across the global seafood industry.
The NASF Sustainability Award aims to recognise outstanding achievements in environmental stewardship, resource efficiency, and responsible initiatives and operations in the North Atlantic region. By introducing this award, NASF aims to recognise leadership, encourage further innovation, and underscore the vital role that sustainability now plays in the seafood industry and society at large.
Call for Nominations
NASF is now inviting nominations for the inaugural NASF Sustainability Award. We welcome submissions from across the whole seafood value chain — including businesses, individual professionals, and non-governmental organisations!
Eligible nominees may include companies pioneering innovative environmental solutions, industry leaders driving meaningful and scalable change, or NGOs delivering impactful initiatives that strengthen responsible resource management. Nominations should clearly outline measurable achievements and show how the nominee’s work contributes to a more sustainable seafood sector.
Submit Your NASF Sustainability Award Nominations by January 10th
NASF encourages stakeholders to nominate candidates whose efforts exemplify leadership, innovation, and long-term strategic vision. The deadline for submitting nominations is January 10th, 2026.
By contributing to this process, stakeholders help recognise and honour those advancing a more sustainable future for the industry.
Submit your candidate to s_award@nor-seafood.no by January 10th.
Detailed criteria for the award:
CRITERIA: North Atlantic Seafood Forumn Sustainability Award of the Year
1. Relevance to the Region & Theme
- The nominated project, initiative, company or organization operates (at least in part) within the North Atlantic region
- The nomination clearly addresses sustainability in a broad sense (environmental / social / economic).
2. Impact and Outcomes
- Demonstrated measurable results or clear evidence of positive change.
3. Innovation and Transferability
- The nomination shows an element of innovation: doing things differently, challenging the status quo, using new methods/technologies/social models.
- It should have the potential to be replicated, adapted or scaled in other contexts.
- Lessons learned are documented and can inform others.
4. Sustainability and Holistic Approach
- The initiative addresses more than one dimension of sustainability: environmental, social and economic.
- It reflects systems thinking, understanding interactions, unintended consequences, and durability of solutions.
- Lifecycle thinking or long-term view: e.g., not just implementing a solution but also maintaining/monitoring it.
5. Stakeholder Engagement, Community Participation & Governance
- Partnership involves and empowers stakeholders.
- Transparent governance, appropriate leadership and accountability structures are visible.
6. Environmental Integrity & Science-based Approach
- Uses sound scientific or technical basis, including monitoring and evaluation of environmental/social outcomes.
- Addresses the ecological limits and safeguards natural capital (for example, avoids shifting the burden elsewhere, avoids negative side-effects).
- Where appropriate, reduces resource use, waste, emissions, or enhances ecosystem services.
7. Scalability, Replication & Legacy
- Replicable approach.
- The initiative has already created or intends to create a legacy (e.g., training, institutional change, enabling frameworks) rather than being isolated.
- It improves knowledge or reinforces systems for future development.
8. Feasibility & Economic Viability
- The initiative shows financial or organisational viability: a sustainable business model or sustainable funding approach, so it isn’t just a pilot with no follow-through.
- It sustainably demonstrates cost-effectiveness or value creation.
9. Monitoring, Reporting & Transparency
- Clear metrics and indicators are defined, and progress is tracked.
- The results are communicated and accessible (to stakeholders, to the public).
- There is evidence of adaptive learning: the project has responded to challenges, adjusted methods, learnt from mistakes.