Future Adaptation Award

Jereome Chua 

Young Achiever Award

Chase Saunders-Loder and Lu Ee Lee

ACC Workplace Wellbeing Award

Guard Safety Ltd

Telling Our Story Award

Tom Searle

Women in Seafood Australasia Championing Inclusion Award

Caroline Gilbertson and Aine O'Neill

Life Membership Award (maximum of two awarded per year)

Graeme Sinclair and Sir Tipene O'Regan

About Seafood Stars Awards

Since 2016, the Seafood New Zealand Conference has celebrated the outstanding people behind Aotearoa New Zealand’s seafood industry. This year marks the 10th time these awards will be presented, with five categories recognising excellence across the sector. New for 2025 is the Telling Our Story Award, honouring an individual, business, or organisation in commercial fishing that has helped build public understanding and social licence by proudly sharing their story.