The Seafood Innovation Award is an international award presented during the *North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Bergen, Norway, which highlights the most promising start-ups and innovations in the seafood industry.
Promoting innovation: The award aims to identify and recognize startups with solutions that can transform the seafood industry.
Sustainability and technology: Focus on ideas that contribute to more sustainable production, efficiency, and technological advances.
Visibility: Provides small companies with a unique opportunity to present themselves to investors, industry experts, and potential partners.
Organizer: NCE Seafood Innovation, in collaboration with partners such as DNB, Pareto, Guard, and Invest in Bergen. Supported by industry experts: Acapo Onsager, Ocean Tales, Nagelld, 70Blå, Sølvrev
Venue: North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) – the world’s largest seafood conference, bringing together top executives, researchers and politicians from around the world.
Date: Held annually in Bergen, Norway – 3-5 March 2026
Selection: The jury selects around 7–10 finalists from applicants from around the world.
Pitching: Finalists are given 5–7 minutes to present their solutions on stage in front of a large audience.
Audience and Jury: The audience plays an active role in the selection process, while a professional jury makes the final assessment.
Prize: The winner receives both cash and tailored entrepreneurial assistance from industry experts in areas like: Strategy, marketing, and business development.
Note: The Grunderpresangen ran from 2016 until 2022, while the Seafood Innovation Award was founded in 2021. And hence there is some overlap in the below lists:
2016 – SeaSmart
2017 – Fjord Maritime
2018 – Salmoncuts
2019 – Ecotone
2020 – MicroClean
2021 – SeaRas
2022 – Fishwell Techology
Seafood Innovation Award winners:
2021 – Kuhnle Agro System (USA,Hawaii)
2022 – Biofeyn (USA)
2023 – Remora Robotics
2024 – Blue Lice (first winner of the merged award)
2025 – GreenFish (Iceland)
2026 – Your company?
The Seafood Innovation Award is a prestigious innovation award that gives start-ups in the seafood industry a global stage. It combines competition, networking, and visibility, and has become an important platform for driving new ideas in the aquaculture and seafood industry.