JAPAN SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AWARD

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Leadership Award

Leadership Award is for a pioneer project aiming to expand the sustainable seafood movement in Japan by its own innovations and leadership. The project is executed by one or more companies/organizations, or a person.

Collaboration Award

Collaboration Award is for an impactful multi-stakeholder collaborative project which took an innovative approach to drive the change in Japan.

U30 (under 30) Award

U-30 Award is for a project run by an individual under age 30 or group(s) that is composed of mainly people under age 30. The concept and/or progress is more considered, as long as it’s designed for aiming seafod sustainability.

Schedule

8 June, 2023 - August 18, 2023

Application

August 21, 2023- September 15, 2023

Judge by organizers and juries

September 27, 2023

Finalist notification
*The finalists will be announced on this web page.

October 17, 2023

Award ceremony

• *The award ceremony will be held during Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit 2023.
• *Finalists of each project will have a short presentation time for their project.
• *Finalists and Champions will receive commemorative items.
• *Champions will be featured by Seafood Legacy Times, which introduces innovators of the sustainable seafood movement and be allowed to use the below logos for PR.

Juries

Ayako Suzuki (OFFICER, ESG Development Division, Sustainability Development Department of SEVEN & i HLDGS. Co., Ltd. ), Hidenori Kunita (Team Leader, Marine Products Procurement Group, Marine Products Division of Nichirei Fresh Inc.), Hiroshi Norito (Managing Director of Fish & Planet Inc., and the Seventh generation owner of Ginza-Daishin), Mari Yoshitaka (Visiting Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Part-time lecturer, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, and Representative Director, Virtue Design Corporation), Naoki Adachi (CEO, Response Ability, Inc.), and Yasuko Suzuki (Senior Marine Specialist, Birdlife International)

Organizer/ Secretariat/ Supporter

Organizer

Japan Sustainable Seafood Award Committee (Aquaculture Stewardship Council Japan, Marine Stewardship Council Japan Office, Sailors for the Sea Japan, WWF Japan, Seafood Legacy)

Secretariat

Seafood Legacy

Supporter

Tokyo Seafood Sustainable Summit

Past Winners

2020

Leadership Award
Kijima: “Passing on Delicious Japanese Cuisine and Our Vibrant Seas to Future Generations”
Kijima Co., Ltd.

Collaboration Award
Ocean to Table: Blockchain-based Traceability Project
Kaiko Bussan Co., Ltd., IBM Japan, Ltd., IX Knowledge, Inc., Light House Co., Ltd.

Special Award
Usufukuhonten Co., Ltd.

2021

Leadership Award
“CO・OP Sustainable” : Launch seafood under message"Protecting ocean resources" and efforts for “Responsible Procurement”
Japan Consumers’ Co-operative Union

Collaboration Award
Acquire MSC Certification for Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole and Line Albacore and Skipjack fishery
Japan Offshore pole and Line Tuna Fishery Sustainability Council

2022年

Leadership Award：
Accelerating sustainable seafood and aquaculture with small-scale artisanal fishermen and farmers
Fish & Planet, Inc., Ginza Daishin Co., Ltd., Youth group at Kitakami-cho Jusan-hama division, Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Cooperative Association, DNV Business Assurance Japan K.K.

Collaboration Award：
Acquire MSC certification through Fishery Improvement Project at the coastal areas of the Yellow Sea, China
Nichirei Fresh Inc., Dandong Taihong Foodstuff, WWF China, WWF Japan

U-30 Award：
Stock management project of hard clam fishery in Aso Sea, Kyoto
Junya Murakami (Mizoshiri area, Kyoto Fisheries Cooperative), Steering Committee of Mizoshiri area, Kyoto Fisheries Cooperative