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
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.
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.
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
The Queensland Seafood Marketers Association would like to congratulate all 2018 Queensland Seafood Industry Award winners and finalists.
WINNERS & FINALISTS
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Download FormPresented 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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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.
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:
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:
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.
Download Entry FormWe would like to take this opportunity and thank all our sponsors for their generous support.