Queensland Seafood Industry Awards 2022

Gala Dinner & Awards Presentation

QSMA is proud to announce the return of the Queensland Seafood Industry Awards. The 2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Awards will be presented on Friday, 18th March 2022 at the Rydges South Bank in Brisbane during a Gala Dinner and celebrations.

Pre-dinner Drinks: 6.30pm
Gala Dinner & Presentations: 7.00pm
Dress Code: Cocktail
Ticket: $140.00

ABOUT THE AWARDS

The Queensland Seafood Industry Awards showcase the Queensland seafood industry; its value to the national economy, its professionalism, and its commitment to supplying some of the finest seafood in the world to local, national and international markets.

It does this through recognising and celebrating the positive contributions of individuals, partnerships, businesses and organisations towards a sustainable and profitable Australian seafood industry. As is the case in previous years, State Award winners will go on to the National Seafood Awards at Seafood Directions later in 2022.

GALA DINNER SPECIAL GUEST

The Gala Dinner will not only reveal the 2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Award winners but also provide Gala Dinner guests the opportunity to meet and mingle with Queensland’s celebrity chef and seafood enthusiast Alastair McLeod.

In addition to the awards presentation, dinner guests will be treated to an “after-dinner talk show” where Alastair McLeod will join the evening’s MC to discuss “all things seafood”.

Is there anything you always wanted to ask a celebrity chef about seafood? Now you can.

Send us your question(s) and we will try to incorporate them into the conversation. Only condition, you have to be a Gala Dinner ticket holder and let us now your question before February 15, 2022.

So, don’t hold back.

Register today and email us your question(s) with your name and seafood industry occupation (if applicable). If you prefer not to be named during the interview, no problem, just let us know.

ACCOMMODATION & VENUE

Why not overnight in Brisbane and stay at the Gala Dinner venue? Rydges South Bank offers sophisticated Brisbane accommodation with thoughtful amenities and Free WiFi in the city’s arts and entertainment precinct. Attendees can take advantage of a special 20% discount on best rate offer (subject to availability).

For bookings call Reservations on (07) 3364 0800 (please let Reservations know the event name and date) or use this special event online bookings link – discount is not available through the hotel’s public online booking.

Rydges South Bank Brisbane
9 Glenelg Street
South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia

Previous Winners & Finalists

The Queensland Seafood Marketers Association would like to congratulate all 2018 Queensland Seafood Industry Award winners and finalists.

WINNERS & FINALISTS

Queensland Seafood Industry Awards

Entry Deadline Extended

Entries for the 2022 Qld Seafood Awards were set to close on Jan 31st for the Gala to be held on March 18th. Some of our members have asked for some extra time to get their entries sorted. So we have extended the entry deadline to February 21st 2022.

JUDGING PROCESS

The judging will be undertaken by a panel of up to three experts. Three are to be selected by the Queensland Seafood Marketers Association, one representing wild-catch, one representing aquaculture and one representing post-harvest with neither from the state/NT hosting the Seafood Directions conference in that year. In selecting the panel, QSMA and the organising committee should take into account the desirability of:

a diversity of knowledge and experience, that may come from people from outside the seafood industry;
gender diversity;
minimal conflict of interest.

The judging panel will select three finalists, including the winner for each category. These will be announced at the Queensland Seafood Awards Gala Dinner.

The judging panel’s decision will be final and no discussion will be entered into.

AWARD CATEGORIES AND CRITERIA

The judging panel will evaluate each nomination against the judging criteria for each category. It will mark each criterion out five, with each criterion receiving equal weighting.

Nominations should, therefore, provide comprehensive information about the nominee, and strong evidence of how, and to what degree, the nominee meets the criteria. Where possible the nomination should include quantitative as well as qualitative evidence.

Importantly, the nomination should state where criterion is not applicable to a nominee.

Any reference to the seafood industry applies to wild-catch and aquaculture and any segment of the supply chain.

An ‘entity’ means a person, partnership, business or organisation at national, state/NT, regional or sector level.

‘Quality seafood’ means seafood that is safe to eat and looks and tastes good.

Where the award criterion refers to an ‘activity’ it may apply to an on-going role of the nominee, a one-off project, or an event undertaken or managed by the nominee.

ENTRY FORM

To enter, please download awards entry form and return completed form by 21st February 2022.

Please attach this form to your written application. The written application should address all judging criteria and include at least one (1) photograph or image, and any supporting documentation you wish to be considered with this entry.

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Primary Producer Award

Presented to a seafood primary producer that has demonstrated excellence in the sustainable production of quality seafood through innovation in fishing or aquaculture practices, and that has contributed substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The producer:

continually demonstrates innovative ways of improving production practices
produces products that consistently meet customer expectations
continually improves the delivery and marketing of its products to its customers
contributes substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry

Business Award (Large)

Presented to a seafood business employing the equivalent of ten or more full time staff involved in any segment of the supply chain that has demonstrated business growth, innovation, excellence in product, service and marketing, and that has contributed substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The business:

has achieved sustained growth over many years
produces products and services that consistently meet customer expectations
continually improves the delivery and marketing of its products and services to its customers
contributes substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry

Business Award (Small)

Presented to a seafood business employing less than the equivalent of ten full time staff involved in any segment of the supply chain that has demonstrated business growth, innovation, excellence in product, service and marketing, and that has contributed substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The business:

has achieved sustained growth over many years
continually improves the delivery and marketing of its products and services to its customers
produces products and services that consistently meet customer expectations
contributes substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry

Safety Award

Presented to an entity that has demonstrated excellence in developing and maintaining a culture of safety that has contributed substantially towards improving the safety record of the seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The activity:

addressed a high priority safety area or risk
was end-user driven, and produced outcomes that contributed towards the safety record of the seafood industry
if appropriate, complied with legislation and/or certified to a recognised safety standard and supported by a formal safety management system

Research, Development and Extension Award

Presented to an entity that has demonstrated excellence in developing and undertaking a research, development and extension activity that has contributed substantially towards a sustainable and profitable seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The activity:

addressed a high priority for the seafood industry
was end-user driven, and produced outcomes that contributed towards the sustainability and profitability of the seafood industry
was challenging, involved technical risk, and required systematic investigation and a high level of innovation to achieve the planned outcome

Environment Award

Presented to an entity that has demonstrated excellence in developing and undertaking an environmental activity that has contributed substantially towards protecting or rehabilitating aquatic environments, or reducing adverse seafood industry impacts on the environment.

Judging criteria:

The activity:

addressed a high priority for the seafood industry
was end-user driven and produced outcomes that contributed towards protecting or rehabilitating aquatic environments, or reducing adverse seafood industry impacts on the environment
was challenging, required a high level of innovation, and direct action and/or extension to achieve the planned outcome
involved other users of the environment

People Development Award

Presented to an entity that has demonstrated excellence in developing and undertaking a people development activity that has contributed substantially towards a higher performing workforce for the seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The activity:

addressed a high priority for the seafood industry
resulted in more people with higher qualifications or skills working in the seafood industry
employed innovative ways to develop seafood industry people
employed innovative ways to attract and/or retain seafood industry people
was supported by planning, reviewing and continual improvement processes
(Where the activity involved formal vocational training, it complied with the National Seafood Industry Training Package)

Promotion Award

Presented to an entity that has demonstrated excellence in developing and undertaking a promotion activity that has contributed substantially towards improving the public profile of seafood and/or the seafood industry.

Judging criteria:

The activity:

addressed a high priority for the seafood industry
was end-user driven and produced outcomes that contributed towards improving the public profile of seafood and/or the seafood industry
was challenging, required a high level of innovation and direct action to achieve the planned outcome

Restaurant Award

Presented to a restaurant that has demonstrated excellence in consistently serving customers with quality seafood, and providing them with an overall positive seafood dining experience.

Judging criteria:

The restaurant:

serves seafood meals that taste good
consistently meets customer expectations for service
serves seafood meals that include Australian seafood
provides customers with accurate information about the seafood components of the meals
complies with the Australian Standard for Fish Names and, preferably, provenance labelling
provides an ambience that compliments the seafood meals in providing customers with an overall positive seafood dining experience
contributes substantially towards a positive public profile for the seafood industry

Take-away Fish and Chips Award

This award category has been modified.

The Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards are now an online event with customers able to vote for their favourite Fish & Chip Shop.

Voting opens on October 19, 2021 and to take out the top spot Fish & Chip Shop owners need to get their fanbase to vote for their store everyday! Seafood Industry Australia and the Great Australian Seafood are steering the ship for this award and have put together a FREE award promo pack for store owners including posters, stickers, flyers and ceiling mobiles.

Voting will be open until Tuesday, November 30 and the winners announced at a virtual event on Tuesday, December 14. For more information visit the website at www.fishandchipawards.com.au.

Young Achiever Award

Presented to a person, under 35 years of age, who has demonstrated that he or she has made a positive difference to the seafood industry, and has the potential to continue to develop as an effective and respected seafood industry leader.

Judging criteria:

The person:

has made a positive difference to the seafood industry
is committed to effect positive change through leadership and innovation
is respected by industry colleagues

Industry Ambassador Award

Presented to a person who has demonstrated that he or she has made a substantial positive difference to the seafood industry over at least twenty years, and who has been a highly effective and respected seafood industry leader.

Judging criteria:

The person:

has made a substantial and sustained positive difference to the seafood industry
has effected positive change through leadership and innovation
is highly respected by industry colleagues