Winning an Icelandic Fisheries Award is now seen as a true accolade which means the Awards are highly coveted and very hotly contested.

The fifth Icelandic Fisheries Awards will be held tonight, the opening night of the Exhibition. Taking place at the beautiful Gerðarsafn Art gallery, the Awards were first introduced in 1999 to recognise and award excellence in the Icelandic and International Fishing Industry.

The Awards categories are:

Outstanding Icelandic skipper

Outstanding Icelandic Fleet

Outstanding Icelandic Processor

Outstanding Achievement

Outstanding Icelandic Supplier - Catching (Small Companies)

Outstanding Icelandic supplier - Catching (Large Companies)

Outstanding Icelandic Supplier - Processing (Small Companies)

Outstanding Icelandic Supplier - Processing (Large companies)

Outstanding international supplier - Catching (Small Companies)

Outstanding International Supplier - Catching (Large Companies)

Outstanding international supplier - Processing (Small Companies)

Outstanding international supplier - Processing (Large Companies)

The Overall Outstanding Supplier

The Awards evening is an exclusive event for VIPs, press, awards nominees and sponsors and is by invitation only. Watch this space to read about the lucky winners of these prestigious awards…