Mercator Media Limited, publisher of ''World Fishing and Aquaculture'' and organiser of the Offshore Mariculture Conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.

Mercator Media Ltd won the 'International Development Award 2015’

Mercator Media Ltd won the 'International Development Award 2015’

The Portsmouth News Business Excellence ‘International Development Award 2015’ comes as a result of Mercator’s successful work in broadening its event offering, particularly with regard to the leading European commercial marine exhibition Seawork, which had a sister exhibition launched in Asia last year.

Mercator’s chief executive, Andrew Webster, collected the award at a glittering ceremony at Portsmouth’s Guildhall. He said: “I am immensely proud, and to think for 25 years all of our suppliers and many of our employees live within a couple of miles from this Guildhall. It’s fantastic.”

The judges from the Portsmouth News said: "Mercator Media, in Fareham (UK), which has delivered Europe’s leading commercial marine exhibition, won the international development award. More than 7,000 marine professionals attended Seawork 2014 in Southampton and a new exhibition has now been launched in Asia."

Mercator Media Ltd is a niche publishing company specialising mainly in B2B marine websites, magazines, and events.