Kungsfenan The Swedish Seafood Award in the Sustainable Fisheries
2011 category goes to the two australians Dr Keith Sainsbury and Dr
Tony Smith. The prize is 200.000 Swedish crowns.
The motivation of the jury:
Over the course of many decades, marine researchers Dr Keith J.
Sainsbury and Dr Tony Smith, both from Australia, have steered
fisheries research into new waters, continuously revealing important,
novel marine contexts. Both in their homeland and internationally they
have displayed exceptional ability to apply research theory to practice.
Smith and Sainsbury have contributed to better access to research
data on the ocean's resources, greater understanding of marine
ecosystems, better political regulation and a popular interest in
sustainable fishing. Through their work, they have shown how an
ecosystem-based strategy for management of fishing and marine
activity can be conducted in practice. This has had considerable
international importance, for example, in the global application of an
ecosystem approach.
The two researchers have also contributed to the development of
criteria for transparency in the market for fish products, which helps
consumers make a more informed choice about buying products from
sustainable producers. Sainsbury and Smith's research results create a basis for both national and international political decision-making.
They have made themselves heard through the independent national
agency Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO), the United Nation's Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) and a number of other organisations. Furthermore,
they have for a long time managed to communicate their discoveries
and conclusions in such a way that experts, politicians and consumers
alike all listen.
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