The award recognises innovative practices that overcome production challenges or mitigate negative environmental or social impacts at Best Aquaculture Practices-certified aquaculture farms.
Innovations can span the full range of farm activities, including wetlands conservation, feed management, water-quality management, effluent reduction, energy reduction, staff training, community relations, animal welfare, and health and nutrition.
Three finalists will be invited and paid by award sponsor Novus to attend a semifinalist summit at the company’s St. Charles, Missouri, USA, headquarters in the summer.
The recipient of the award will receive a plaque, an all-expenses-paid trip to GAA’s GOAL 2013 conference in Paris, France, and a US $1,000 cash prize.
The application deadline is 31 May.
